adverb

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Singular
adverb

Plural
adverbs

  1. (countable) An adverb is a kind of word that generally modifies verbs and other words (but not nouns); adverbs usually answer questions such as how?, why? and to what extent?.
    In the phrase "Jane ran quickly", quickly is an adverb because it tells you how Jane ran.
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Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adverb - determiner - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions subject - predicate - object - complement - modifier - adjunct - determiner
clauses independent clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause