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adverblike

adverblike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an adverb.

Adjective

adverblike (comparative more adverblike, superlative most adverblike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an adverb.
    • In addition to naked adverbs, we also have adverblike phrases: prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses.2008 June, Joachim Lambek, “The syntax-semantics interface and the origins of philosophy.”, in McGill University

Forms of adverblike

comparativemore adverblike
superlativemost adverblike

Origin of adverblike

From adverb + -like.

Questions about adverblike

What does adverblike mean?
Adverblike means resembling or characteristic of an adverb.
What part of speech is adverblike?
Adverblike is an adjective.

Words near adverblike in the dictionary

  1. adverbize
  2. adverbized
  3. adverbizes
  4. adverbizing
  5. adverbless
  6. adverblike
  7. adverbophobia
  8. adverbs
  9. advergame
  10. advergames
  11. advergaming

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