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adverbially

adverbially adverb: as, or in the manner of, an adverb.

Adverb

adverbially (not comparable)

  1. As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
    • Here the use is not part of a predication but does not seem to be merely adverbially subordinate.1991, Frances Austin, “Points of English Syntax 1968-1983”, in Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade, John Frankis, N. E. Osselton, editors, Language usage and description: studies presented to N.E. Osselton...

Origin of adverbially

From adverbial + -ly.

Questions about adverbially

What does adverbially mean?
Adverbially means as, or in the manner of, an adverb.
What part of speech is adverbially?
Adverbially is an adverb.

Words near adverbially in the dictionary

  1. adverbialized
  2. adverbializer
  3. adverbializers
  4. adverbializes
  5. adverbializing
  6. adverbially
  7. adverbialness
  8. adverbials
  9. adverbials of time
  10. adverbified
  11. adverbifies

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