Associations to the word «Adverb»

Wiktionary

ADVERB, noun. (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
ADVERB PHRASE, noun. Alternate name for an adverbial phrase.
ADVERB PHRASES, noun. Plural of adverb phrase Alternate name for adverbial phrases.

Dictionary definition

ADVERB, noun. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
ADVERB, noun. A word that modifies something other than a noun.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky