ADVERB
adverb
(noun) the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
adverb
(noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adverb (plural adverbs)
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
Usage notes
Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending -ly and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but rarely nouns or noun phrases.
Hyponyms
• (words that modify verbs, etc.): intransitive preposition
Verb
adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed)
(rare) To make into or become an adverb.
Synonyms
• adverbialize
Anagrams
• Bevard, braved
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"verb, n. Etym: [L. adverbium; ad + verbum word, verb: cf. F.
adverbe.] (Gram.)
Definition: A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle,
adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes
well; paper extremely white.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition