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adverb
[ ad-vurb ]
noun
- any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, as modifiers of adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases, as very in very nice, much in much more impressive, and tomorrow in She'll write to you tomorrow. They relate to what they modify by indicating place (I promise to be there ), time (Do your homework now! ), manner (She sings beautifully ), circumstance (He accidentally dropped the glass when the bell rang), degree (I'm very happy to see you), or cause (I draw, although badly).
adverb
/ ˈædˌvɜːb /
noun
- adv
- a word or group of words that serves to modify a whole sentence, a verb, another adverb, or an adjective; for example, probably, easily, very, and happily respectively in the sentence They could probably easily envy the very happily married couple
- ( as modifier )
an adverb marker
adverb
- A part of speech that modifies a verb , an adjective , or another adverb. Adverbs usually answer such questions as “How?” “Where?” “When?” or “To what degree?” The following italicized words are adverbs: “He ran well ”; “She ran very well ”; “The mayor is highly capable.”
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Notes
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Other Words From
- adverb·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adverb1
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Example Sentences
King says comics exist largely to eliminate the adverb, and that for Grayson, action is character.
But there is a critical adverb up there: “almost certainly” is not the same as “certainly.”
It is to be noted here that the adverb has the vowel of the old feminine termination a, and not the modern o.
The word "difficulty" was sometimes employed as an adverb; herein it is converted to "difficultly" in this usage.
The demonstrative adverb thus implies a relative adverb: comp.
By adding to this word, the particle de, it is converted into an adverb of place, and may be rendered where.
Wunder is an adverb, as in at feht wes wnder strong, L 1744; mid wunder muchele strenge, id.
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