adverbnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæd.vɜːb/us/ˈæd.vɝːb/A2 a word that describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, adverb, or phrase:
In the phrase "she smiled cheerfully", the word "cheerfully" is an adverb.
In the phrase "the house was spotlessly clean", the word "spotlessly" is an adverb.
More examples
- In the sentence 'She ran quickly', the adverb 'quickly' modifies the verb 'ran'.
- Can you think of any other adverbs with the same meaning as 'slowly'?
- In English, adverbs are usually formed by adding 'ly' to the end of an adjective.
- Today we learned about adverbs of manner, time and place.
- A phrasal verb consists of a verb in combination with a preposition or adverb.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: parts of speech
- abstract noun
- adjective
- adjunct
- adv
- article
- collective noun
- common noun
- conjunction
- connective
- definite article
- determiner
- indefinite article
- interjection
- n
- noun phrase
- part of speech
- prep
- preposition
- pron
- proper noun
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adverbial
adjective uk/ədˈvɜː.bi.əl/us/ədˈvɝː.bi.əl/
an adverbial phrase