sentence adverb
nounGrammar.
an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can't be trusted.
Origin of sentence adverb
1First recorded in 1890–95
Words Nearby sentence adverb
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