adverbial

[ ad-vur-bee-uhl ]

/ ædˈvɜr bi əl /

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adjective

of, relating to, or used as an adverb.

noun

a word or phrase functioning as an adverb.

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Origin of adverbial

1605–15; <Latin adverbi(um) adverb + -al¹; compare Late Latin adverbiālis

OTHER WORDS FROM adverbial

ad·ver·bi·al·ly, adverbnon·ad·ver·bi·al, adjectivenon·ad·ver·bi·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby adverbial

adventure tourism, adventurism, adventurous, adverb, adverb clause, adverbial, adverbial phrase, ad verbum, advergame, adversarial, adversary

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How to use adverbial in a sentence

At a later time, wonder, when thus used adverbially, received the adverbial suffix -s; hence Th.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
For this adverbial use of all (here modifying the following prepositional phrase), compare Il Pens.
Milton's Comus|John Milton
But the adverbial habit appeared to grow as the participial habit vanished.
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days|Nell Speed
No point would be used in the above sentences, if the adverbial phrases occurred in their usual position.
"Stops"|Paul Allardyce

In both cases inwi is adverbial, as at 130/57, and the sense yielded is intelligible.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various

British Dictionary definitions for adverbial

adverbial

/ (ædˈvɜːbɪəl) /

noun

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

of or relating to an adverb or adverbial

Derived forms of adverbial

adverbially, adverb

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