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adverb

[ad-vurb] / ˈæd vɜrb /
NOUN
word modifying a verb
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Watch out mister, the Save The Adverb mob are coming to get you.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2014

"Adverb: Used in reference to something very striking or remarkable of its kind."

From Time • Aug. 21, 2011

Lil got up from her table where she was doing our English class exercise that was supposed to show us More Wonders of the Adverb.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

Adverb, ad′vėrb, n. a word added to a verb, adjective, or other adverb to express some modification of the meaning or an accompanying circumstance.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

An Adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas




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