Adverbial

//ædˈvɝbi.əl// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An adverbial word or phrase.
  2. 2
    a word or group of words function as an adverb wordnet
Adjective
  1. 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.’"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or functioning as an adverb wordnet

Synonyms

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adjectiveadverbconjunctioncorrectdisjunctiveformal

Example

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"Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

adverbial accusativeadverbial adjunctadverbial caseadverbial clauseadverbial genitiveadverbial numberadverbial of timeadverbial participleadverbial particleadverbial phrasepredicative adverbialtime adverbial

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