adverb
Example Sentences
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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
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
