adverb

The adverb is apt because dividend-paying stocks have long struggled.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

For example, the prefix er-, for “external,” yielded the adjective erbungoi, for “beautiful”; the verb eranye, meaning “to assemble”; and the adverb erchek, or “fast.”

From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023

She then asked whether the word “structure” was a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Moreover, it’s a dull adverb and encourages duller adjectives.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022

Ordinarily to be is not the kind of verb that can be modified by an adverb.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

A line such as this one, from Carrickfergus, a traditional ballad Shane admired, says more about state of mind than any sentence loaded with adjectives and adverbs.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

Also inseparable from their prefixes, which endowed them with meaning, were adjectives and adverbs.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023

Reading her articles aloud, Ms. Rubin said, helps her cut superfluous adverbs like “very” and “really” — or break up long paragraphs that provide context but can quickly become unwieldy.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022

And as English majors, what mostly alarmed us then were all the adverbs author J.K.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022

People who confuse the two may think that the adjectives in these sentences “modify the verb” and hence ought to be replaced by adverbs.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker