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adverb

[ad-vurb] / ˈæd vɜrb /
NOUN
word modifying a verb
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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

For them, it is just an adverb or verb they use calmly and constantly.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

When it’s an activity being described, use well, the adverb.

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

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

When describing the image, avoid overuse of adjectives and adverbs.

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




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