adverb
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adverb/ˈadvɜːb/
▶noun Grammar a word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective, verb, or other adverb, or of a sentence (e.g. gently, very, fortunately).
– origin ME: from L. adverbium, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing addition) + verbum ‘word, verb’.
'adverb' also found in these Oxford entries:
aback
- abaft
- abdominal
- abeam
- abed
- aberrant
- abide
- ab initio
- abject
- ablative absolute
- able
- abnormal
- aboard
- abominable
- aboral
- aborning
- abortive
- about
- above
- ab ovo
- abrasive
- abreast
- abroad
- abrupt
- absent
- absent-minded
- absolutely
- absorb
- abstemious
- abstinence
- abstract
- abstruse
- absurd
- abundant
- abusive
- abysmal
- academic
- a cappella
- accelerando
- acceptable
- accessible
- accidental
- accommodate
- according
- accordingly
- accountable
- accurate
- accuse
- acerbic
- ache
