adverbial

adj
/ædˈvɝbi.əl/US/ədˈvɜːbi.əl/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial.

  1. borrowed from adverbiālis

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to an adverb.

    • As we can have the adjectival forms bright, brighter, brightest, so we can have the adverbial forms brightly, brightlier, brightliest, but degree is alike inconceivable in the adjective ‘round,’ and the A. ‘here.’
    • And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT: (123) (a) [How quickly] will he drink the beer —? (123) (b) [How carefully] did he plan his campaign —? (123) (c) [How well] did he treat her —?
  2. An adverbial word or phrase.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at adverbial

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

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