adverb
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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
Ordinarily to be is not the kind of verb that can be modified by an adverb.
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
So let your subjects and verbs pack the punch, and reserve adjectives and adverbs for special occasions.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Just as our English teacher told us you can put too many adverbs and adjectives into a sentence—its called overwriting—you can put too many meanings into a statement.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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