Sentence adverb

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.

    "In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on."

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"In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on."