adverbial
/ədˈvɜːbi.əl/US/ædˈvɝbi.əl/
adverbial adjective: of or relating to an adverb.
Adjective
adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial)
- Of or relating to an adverb.
- As we can have the adjectival forms bright, brighter, brightest, so we can have the adverbial forms brightly, brightlier, brightliest, but degree is alike inconceivable in the adjective ‘round,’ and the A. ‘here.’1876, “Ad′verb”, in John M[erry] Ross, editor, The Globe Enyclopædia of Universal Information, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Estes & Lauriat, […], page 25, column 1
- And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
(123) (a) [How quickly] will he drink the beer —?
(123) (b) [How carefully] did he plan his campaign —?
(123) (c) [How well] did he treat her —?1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 495
Noun
adverbial (plural adverbials)
adverbial meaning in Tagalog and Arabic
adverbial in Tagalog
- of or relating to an adverb
- makaabay
adverbial in Arabic
- grammar: word or phrase modifying a verb
- ظَرْف ẓarf
Examples of adverbial in a sentence
- "Twice" is an adverbial number, while "two" is a cardinal number.
- In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.
- In the phrasal verbs 'set up', 'throw away', 'shut down', 'carry out' and 'take over', the words 'up', 'away', 'down', 'out' and 'over' are the adverbial particles.
Forms of adverbial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more adverbial |
| superlative | most adverbial |
| Noun | |
| plural | adverbials |
Origin of adverbial
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial.
Words formed from adverbial
- adverbial accusative
- adverbial adjunct
- adverbial case
- adverbial clause
- adverbial genitive
- adverbialism
- adverbialist
- adverbiality
- adverbialization
- adverbialize
- adverbially
- adverbialness
- adverbial number
- adverbial of time
- adverbial participle
- adverbial particle
- adverbial phrase
- nonadverbial
- preadverbial
- time adverbial
- predicative adverbial
- time frequency adverbial
Phrases with adverbial
Questions about adverbial
- What does adverbial mean?
- Adverbial means of or relating to an adverb.
- What is adverbial in Tagalog?
- Adverbial in Tagalog is makaabay. See Adverbial meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is adverbial?
- Adverbial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce adverbial?
- Adverbial is pronounced /ædˈvɝbi.əl/ (US).
Words near adverbial in the dictionary
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