adverbial

[ ad-vur-bee-uhl ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or used as an adverb.

noun
  1. a word or phrase functioning as an adverb.

Origin of adverbial

1
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin adverbi(um) adverb + -al1; compare Late Latin adverbiālis

Other words from adverbial

  • ad·ver·bi·al·ly, adverb
  • non·ad·ver·bi·al, adjective
  • non·ad·ver·bi·al·ly, adverb

Words Nearby adverbial

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British Dictionary definitions for adverbial

adverbial

/ (ædˈvɜːbɪəl) /


noun
  1. a word or group of words playing the grammatical role of an adverb, such as in the rain in the sentence I'm singing in the rain

adjective
  1. of or relating to an adverb or adverbial

Derived forms of adverbial

  • adverbially, adverb

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