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adverbial

[ad-vur-bee-uhl]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or used as an adverb.

noun

a word or group of words functioning as an adverb.

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Origin:
1605–15; < Latin adverbi(um) adverb + -al¹; compare Late Latin adverbiālis

Related forms

ad·ver·bi·al·ly, adverb

non·ad·ver·bi·al, adjective

non·ad·ver·bi·al·ly, adverb

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adverbial (ædˈvɜːbɪəl)

—n
1.	a word or group of words playing the grammatical role of an adverb, such as in the rain in the sentence I'm singing in the rain

—*adj*
2.	of or relating to an adverb or adverbial

ad'verbially

—*adv*

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