adverb

Definitions

1. adverb (lexical category)
2. A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
3. In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.

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Examples

“322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name⟳ of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.”

“‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss⟳ Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.”

“I often went outside hiking during my stay⟳ in Japan.”

“It was often cold outside.”

“Not often.”

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