adverb
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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
Nearly all have abandoned the adverb for the adjective.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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
And as English majors, what mostly alarmed us then were all the adverbs author J.K.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022
When describing the image, avoid overuse of adjectives and adverbs.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Sure, the dictionary says we can use lame adverbs like uglily, friendlily, surlily, and jollily, but nobody says we have to.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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