adverbial
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of adverbial
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin adverbi(um) adverb + -al 1; compare Late Latin adverbiālis
Vocabulary lists containing adverbial
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"Interestingly, low scoring essays showed the highest level of complexity in finite adverbial dependent clauses," the linguist writes in her paper.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
“What is the adverbial phrase ‘of course’ but a smug duo dropped in to congratulate writer and reader for already agreeing with each other,” writes Christian Lorentzen for Vulture, joining King’s abolition crusade.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2019
Yes, I’ll just put this citation ... in the nonexistent spot for adverbial uses of “take,” because there are no adverbial uses of “take.”
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2017
In “The shorter the better,” the the is actually a holdover from an old adverbial form meaning “in that” or “by that” that we also see in “none the less” and “so much the better.”
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2013
When a participle, relating to the subject of a sentence, but not qualifying it, expresses the circumstances, manner, time, occasion, etc., of an act, it takes the adverbial form.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
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