adverb

  • 61pronominal adverb — noun A type of adverb occurring in a number of Germanic languages, formed in replacement of a preposition and a pronoun by turning the latter into a locative adverb and the former into a prepositional adverb and joining them in reverse order. For …

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  • 62sentence adverb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sentence adverb : singular sentence adverb plural sentence adverbs linguistics an adverb that affects the meaning of a whole sentence, for example fortunately in the sentence Fortunately, no one was injured. or …

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  • 63sentence adverb — sentence .adverb n an adverb that relates to the whole sentence that contains it …

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  • 64sentence adverb — sentence ,adverb noun count an adverb that affects the meaning of a whole sentence …

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  • 65flat adverb — /flæt ˈædvɜb/ (say flat adverb) noun Linguistics an adverb that has the same form as its related adjective, rather than taking an ly infection, as flat in to lie flat …

  • 66sentence adverb — Gram. 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. [1890 95] * * * …

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  • 67conjunctive adverb — noun An adverb that connects two clauses …

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  • 68sentence adverb — noun An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase …

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  • 69sentence adverb — noun Grammar an adverb that expresses an attitude to the content of the sentence in which it occurs or places the sentence in a particular context. Usage Some traditionalists hold that the use of sentence adverbs (as in sadly, he is rather… …

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  • 70sentence adverb — noun (C) an adverb that expresses an opinion about the whole sentence that contains it …

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