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    adv.
    abbreviation
    ad valorem.
  • Adv.
    Adv.
    abbreviation
    Advent.

adv.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. ad valorem.

  2. advance.

  3. adverb.

  4. adverbial.

  5. adverbially.

  6. adversus.

  7. advertisement.

  8. advertising.

  9. adviser.

  10. advisory.


Adv. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Advent.

  2. Advocate


adv. British  

abbreviation

  1. adverb

  2. adverbial

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of adv.

Latin: against

Example Sentences

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Unduly, un-dū′li, adv. not according to duty or propriety: improperly.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Thus, thus, adv. in this or that manner: to this degree or extent.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Whither, hwith′ėr, adv. to what place? to which place: to what: whithersoever.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Why, hwī, adv. and conj. for what cause or reason? on which account: wherefore.—interj. used us an expletive or exclamation.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Soever, sō-ev′ėr, adv. generally used to extend or render indefinite the sense of who, what, where, how, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Adv. in foreign parts, in foreign lands; abroad, beyond seas; over sea on one's travels. <— p.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

Adv. loudly &c. adj. aloud; at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

Adv. neatly &c. adj.; clean as a whistle. <— p.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

Adv. between, betwixt; twixt; among, amongst; amid, amidst; mid, midst; in the thick of; betwixt and between; sandwich-wise; parenthetically, obiter dictum. <— p.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

Adv. intuitively &c. adj.; by intuition; illogically &c. adj.

From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark

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