Conjunctive adverbs are connectors… kind of like your annoying cousin who's always trying to take you to "networking events."
They link one clause or sentence to another clause or sentence that expresses a similar idea. Pros: they make excellent transitions and they're super-versatile because they can appear anywhere in a sentence. Cons: they sound like a disease.
List of Examples
Here's a list of several common conjunctive adverbs to keep an eye out for, as well as several phrases that can also be used as conjunctive adverbs:
- accordingly
- also
- as a result
- at the same time
- besides
- certainly
- consequently
- finally
- for example
- further
- furthermore
- hence
- however
- incidentally
- indeed
- instead
- likewise
- meanwhile
- moreover
- namely
- nevertheless
- next
- nonetheless
- now
- on the contrary
- on the other hand
- similarly
- still
- subsequently
- then
- thereafter
- therefore
- thus