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