a word that gives extra information about a verb, adjective, adverb, clause, or sentence. Many adverbs are formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective, for example ‘quickly’, ‘mainly’, ‘immediately’, and ‘fortunately’. Words such as ‘very’, ‘only’, ‘often’, ‘of course’ and ‘back’ are also adverbs.
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of adverbs
adv.
adverb
adverbial
adverb
noun countable linguistics
US /ˈædˌvɜrb/
Other entries for this word
flat adverbnoun
manner adverbnoun
sentence adverbnoun
Word Forms
singular
adverb
plural
adverbs
DEFINITIONS1
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a word that gives extra information about a verb, adjective, adverb, clause, or sentence. Many adverbs are formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective, for example ‘quickly’, ‘mainly’, ‘immediately’, and ‘fortunately’. Words such as ‘very’, ‘only’, ‘often’, ‘of course’ and ‘back’ are also adverbs.