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adverb

noun
/ˈæd.vɜːb/UK/ˈæd.vɜɹb/US/əɖˈʋɜb/

Etymology

Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.

  1. derived from adverbium
  2. borrowed from adverbe

Definitions

  1. A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words,…

    A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.

    • manner adverb
    • 322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
    • ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.

  2. In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a…

    In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.

  3. To make into or become an adverb.

    • Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.
    • Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described.
    • Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at adverb. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at adverb. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at adverb

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA