Definitions for adverb
ˈæd vɜrbad·verb

Princeton's WordNet(3.49 / 12 votes)Rate this definition:

1. adverb(noun)

   the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

2. adverb(noun)

   a word that modifies something other than a noun

Wiktionary(3.29 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. adverb(Noun)

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

Origin: From adverbe, from adverbium, from ad-#Latin + verbum.

Webster Dictionary(4.29 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Adverb(noun)

   a word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white

Origin: [L. adverbium; ad + verbum word, verb: cf. F. adverbe.]

Freebase(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Adverb

   An adverb is a word that changes or qualifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause, sentence or any other word or phrase, except that it does not include the adjectives and determiners that directly modify nouns. Adverbs are traditionally regarded as one of the parts of speech, although the wide variety of the functions performed by words classed as adverbs means that it is hard to treat them as a single uniform category. Adverbs typically answer questions such as how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?. This function is called the adverbial function, and is realized not just by single words but by adverbial phrases and adverbial clauses.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Adverb

   ad′vėrb, n. a word added to a verb, adjective, or other adverb to express some modification of the meaning or an accompanying circumstance.—adj. Adverb′ial, pertaining to an adverb—used also as a n.—adv. Adverb′ially. [L. ad verbium—ad, to, verbum, a word. It is so called, not because it is added to a verb, but because it is a word (verbum) joined to, or supplemental of, other words.]

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1. braved

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adverb in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adverb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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