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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

The prefix ong-, the zone of extremities, provided ongcho, “to stitch,” something one did with fingers, as well as the adverb ongkochil, meaning “hurriedly,” which usually applied to movements involving a hand or foot.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022

Please learn the difference between an adverb and an adjective.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

Indeed, it’s a good habit to at least consider moving an adverb to the end of the verb phrase.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

The bound words were nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs that always existed with markers indicating a relation to other objects, events or states.

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

Every now and again a language grump complains that the distinction between adverbs and adjectives is disappearing from English.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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