adverb

Definition

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

Etymology

From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”), so called because it is used to supplement other words. By surface analysis, ad- + verb.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan."