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adventurism |
adventuristic |
adventurous |
adventurously |
adventurousness |
adverb
| adverbial
| adverbiality
| adverbialize
| adverbially
| adversaria
adverb
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun adverb has 2 senses
- adverb(n = noun.communication) Array - the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses; Array is a kind of major form class
- adverb(n = noun.communication) Array - a word that modifies something other than a noun; Array has parts: adverb
is a part of adverb
Derived form adjective adverbial1
is a kind of modifier, qualifier
has particulars: positive, positive degree, comparative, comparative degree, superlative, superlative degree, adverbial
Derived form adjective adverbial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
adverb, n. [L. adverbium; ad + verbum word, verb: cf. F. adverbe.].
A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adverb, n. a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies another word (esp. an adjective, verb, or other adverb) or a word-group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g. gently, quite, then, there).
Derivative
adverbial adj.
Etymology
F adverbe or L adverbium (as AD-, VERB)
THESAURUS
adverb
adjectival, adjective, adverbial, adversative conjunction, attributive, conjunction, conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction, copulative, copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction, exclamatory noun, form class, form word, function class, gerundive, interjection, part of speech, participle, particle, past participle, perfect participle, preposition, present participle, subordinating conjunction, verbal adjective
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