adverb

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The prefix ong-, the zone of extremities, provided ongcho, “to stitch,” something one did with fingers, as well as the adverb ongkochil, meaning “hurriedly,” which usually applied to movements involving a hand or foot.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

Please learn the difference between an adverb and an adjective.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

The best place to put a word like finally—that is, an adverb, a word that characterizes a verb—is directly before the action being described: in this case, go or gone.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner