adverbial phrase

American  

noun

1. a group of two or more words that function together as an adverb, as the phrase in a minute in I'll be with you in a minute.

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Etymology

Origin of adverbial phrase

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

“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

"Westover is no longer an adverbial phrase, even qualifying the verb 'to go,'" said Barbara, exultingly, looking abroad upon the family settlement, to which our new barn, rising up, added another building.

From We Girls: a Home Story by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

According as is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

A preposition is a word joined to a noun or its equivalent to make up a qualifying or an adverbial phrase, and to show the relation between its object and the word modified.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt