Look at these cases of adverbs in the Superlatif:
To form the Superlatif of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlatif of adjectives, EXCEPT that
you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender).
you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender).
You NEVER say ''Jeanne parle la plus doucemente.''
Here are other Superlative structures:
Le, la, les plus and le, la, les moins = the most and the least in French (superlatives of adjectives)
Le plus and le moins = the most and the least in French (superlative of verbs)
Forming the superlative of French adjectives in complex cases
Meilleur, mieux, pire / plus mauvais, plus mal = better, best, worse and worst in French (irregular comparatives and superlatives)
And Comparative structures:
Plus... plus..., moins... moins... = the more...the more..., the less...the less... (comparisons with phrases)
Better and better, worse and worse = de mieux en mieux, de pire en pire (comparisons in French)
De plus en plus and de moins en moins = more and more and less and less in French (comparisons with adjectives, adverbs, verbs)
De plus en plus de and de moins en moins de = more and more and less and less in French (comparisons of nouns)
Making comparisons with French adjectives: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with French adverbs: plus... que, aussi... que, moins... que
Making comparisons with French verbs: plus que, autant que, moins que
Making comparisons with French nouns: plus de... que, moins de... que, autant de... que
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