adverb
/ˈæd.vɜɹb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.55 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
noun
In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
Example Sentences
- "manner adverb"
- "322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections."
- "‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb."
- "Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb."
- "Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described."
- "Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing."
Etymology
Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: adverbium
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæd.vɜɹb/
- British English: /ˈæd.vɜːb/