adverb
noun/ˈædvɜːb/
/ˈædvɜːrb/
(grammar)- a word that adds more information about place, time, manner, cause or degree to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb
- In ‘speak kindly’, ‘incredibly deep’, ‘just in time’ and ‘too quickly’, ‘kindly’, ‘incredibly’, ‘just’ and ‘too’ are all adverbs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- interrogative
- sentence
- modify something
- qualify something
- an adverb of degree
- an adverb of manner
- an adverb of place
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin adverbium, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing addition) + verbum ‘word, verb’.
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