adverbialityn.
/ədˌvəːbɪˈalᵻti/, /adˌvəːbɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ədˌvərbiˈælədi/, /ædˌvərbiˈælədi/ Grammar.
The quality or state of being adverbial; adverbial form or expression.
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adverbiality1806
1806 N. G. Dufief Nature Displayed (ed. 2) II. 194 As to autour and auprès, they, of themselves, sufficiently indicate their adverbiality.
1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue vii. 373 The requisite display of adverbiality is accomplished with another sort of instrument.
1949 Hispania 32 510 When we express an adverbial concept, the adjective is used adverbially, and only estar, the ‘sign of adverbiality’, can be employed.
2007 D. Haumann Adverb Licensing & Clause Struct. in Eng. i. 2 Even though the -ly suffix is the prime morphological trait of adverbs, it does not always signal ‘adverbiality’ since..both adjectives and adverbs may take the same form (e.g. likely, kindly).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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