Adverbs

Word ADVERBS
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Definitions and meanings of "Adverbs"

What do we mean by adverbs?

(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.

Sadly, adverbs are no longer commonly used in everyday speech and perhaps even in writing; they are increasingly being replaced by adjectives. See the examples for clarification. Remember that adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adjectives modify nouns. Urban Dictionary

An adjective describing a verb. Most likely will end in "-ly." Urban Dictionary

A word which has replaced the longstanding, commonly used adverb "very". It has also replaced the use of stronger adjectives, but this would require being more well-read and that's simply not possible for most smartphone-addicted automata in 2020. This fad has been growing exponentially since around 2015. Commonly used by anyone who is trying to sound trendy, but comes off sounding uneducated, cringeworthy and just plain embarrassing. It is the height of poor vocabulary. Urban Dictionary

A naked adverb is when a person accuses you of watching porn but, you're simply doing English homework. Urban Dictionary

Similar to serendipitous - occurred in a dream - implies luck and happiness finducipitous - (adjective) Urban Dictionary

To avoid the awkward construct of prefixing adverbs with "more", such as more quickly, or more easily, simply remove the "more" and instead use the phrase "easierly", or "quickerly". Does not apply in all cases, such as in more carefully ("carefullyier"? - nah). But, saves time and space and better than not using the adverbial form of a word at all. Urban Dictionary

Arab-issh \’ar əb i-ssh\ n, adj. v, adverb 1. Arab-issh is the next generation of comedians calling the MidEast, Mediterranean, North Africa and/or South Asia their ancestral home. These artists use comedy to discuss their lives, vision and experiences straddling two cultures while living in North America. With unique perspectives on mistaken and misunderstood identity, Arab-issh shares the scary, mundane and funny real-life situations with audiences and critics. Urban Dictionary

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The word "adverbs" in example sentences

-- _Compose sentences in which five of these adverbs shall modify adjectives, and five shall modify adverbs_: -- ❋ Brainerd Kellogg (N/A)

Among its refinements may be ranked those procedures by which verbs and nouns have been so modified and contracted as to form what we call adverbs, distributives, conjunctions, and prepositions; for I presume it will be readily conceded, that conciseness, as well as copiousness and perspicuity in language, is the offspring of refinement. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

My fear, though – and soundly founded on ample evidence – is that the correct use of “- ly” in adverbs is dying a slowly wrought death. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In most cases in English, adverbs and adjectives should immediately precede the word they modify, with the freedom to change the arrangement when a prepositional phrase or long series of modifiers causes a lack of clarity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, the secret of sentential adverbs is simply that there’s nothing wrong with them either. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Prepositions are sometimes erroneously called adverbs, when their nouns are understood. ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

They are called adverbs, which means to a verb, that is, added to a verb. ❋ Charles Winslow (1861)

In other words, Mrs. Norris, although luckless in the matter of "adverbs," memory contests, and backgammon tourneys, has established charades. ❋ Unknown (1937)

Such has been their effect on the Queen's English that it is rumored that the next edition of Wren and Martin's grammar book will have a chapter right after "adverbs" called "ad-adjectives" to denote the new parts of speech created by pre-fixing a corporate sponsor's name before a noun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hiragana are also widely used in materials for children, textbooks, animation and comic books, to write Japanese words which are not normally written with kanji, such as adverbs and some nouns and adjectives, or for words whose kanji are obscure or obsolete. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a teacher-friendly document with a practical plan for teaching a topic such as adverbs, for example, through dance, she said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's how I learned that Jane Austen and Ernest Hemingway use about the same number of adjectives and adverbs, as do J.K. Rowling and Charles Dickens (twice the count of Austen and Hemingway). ❋ Odysseyworkshop (2009)

Many beginning writers are taught such rules as "Never use adverbs" or ❋ Nalohopkinson (2009)

Delete adjectives and adverbs, trim all verbal fat. ❋ John Joss (2012)

Delete most adverbs for tight writing, but keep an eye out for two exceptions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This includes needlessly bureaucratic writing and writing stuffed with more adverbs and colorful adjectives than Kobayashi after a hot dog eating competition. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've been using the exercise where you count your adjectives, adverbs, etc. in the first 500 words of a novel except I have my students compare two novels instead of comparing one novel to their own. ❋ Odysseyworkshop (2009)

[Incorrect] usage with adjectives: Incorrect: I [did good] on that competition today. Incorrect: I did bad on that test. Incorrect: [My computer] can download files fast! Incorrect: My computer works perfect. Correct usage with adverbs: Correct: I did well on that competition today. Correct: I did badly on that test. Correct: My computer can download files quickly! Correct: My computer works perfectly. ❋ Penbiks (2006)

[Slowly], [quickly], magically, beautifully, [gracefully], charmingly, are all adverbs. ❋ Xxyuli (2006)

Examples of super (as an adverb) I'm [super excited]! ([elated]) I'm super tired! (exhausted) I'm super happy! (delighted) The guy was super slow! (sluggish) It was super boring! (monotonous) I'm super confused! ([bewildered]) The car was super fast! (rapid) My room is super small (tiny) The lunch was super expensive! (extortionate) The class was super interesting! (fascinating) ❋ Pickle Christy (2020)

Boy: She's [watching] [porn]! Girl: Oh, totally! I'm watching [naked] adverbs! ❋ Iloveyou_11109 (2016)

Finducipitously, [I ran] into an old friend at [the reunion], and we are enjoying our renewed [friendship] so much. ❋ Elizabeth H. (2004)

The "more-less" adverb. E.g., "You'll [get there] [quickerly] if you take the back [road].". ❋ Quilt45 (2021)

Arab-issh \’[ar] əb i-ssh\ n, adj. v, adverb Arab-issh also Arab-ish, adjective, noun “Hey that guy looks Arab-issh, let’s get his number!” Arab-issh, verb, “You need to [keep it real] and [let them know] about that Arab-issh!” Arab-issh, adverb, “That woman? She's Arab-issh - smart, beautiful, down to Earth & she'll treat you right.” ❋ Arab-issh Founders In Chicago (2010)

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