- plural of adverb.
adverbs
Example Sentences
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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
Pronouns are one of the eight main parts of speech, the others being nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
But the historical trend is in the opposite direction: adverbs and adjectives are more often distinguished today than they were in the past.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
