adverb

Pronunciation: /ˈæd.vɜːb/

The English word “adverb” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.

verb

To make into or become an adverb.

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.

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More English words

adventurously
adventurousness
adventury
Adventus Saxonum
adverb phrase
adverbative
adverbhood
adverbial

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