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adv.

adv. is the abbreviation of adverb.

Meaning of adverb

Noun

adverb (plural adverbs, abbreviation adv.)

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

See all 3 meanings of adverb

Forms of adv.

pluraladvv.
alternative formadv
alternative formad.

Questions about adv.

What is adv. the abbreviation of?
Adv. is the abbreviation of adverb.

Words near adv. in the dictionary

  1. adustiosis
  2. adustness
  3. Aduwa
  4. Aduwallah
  5. adv
  6. adv.
  7. Advait
  8. Advaita
  9. Advaita Vedanta
  10. Advaitic
  11. Advaitin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adv. (page history and authors); adverb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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