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sentence adverb

sentence adverb noun: an adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.

Noun

sentence adverb (plural sentence adverbs)

  1. An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.
    • In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 156

sentence adverb meaning in Tamil

sentence adverb in Tamil

தொடரிய வினையடை, வாக்கிய வினையடை

Forms of sentence adverb

pluralsentence adverbs

Questions about sentence adverb

What does sentence adverb mean?
Sentence adverb means an adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.
What is sentence adverb in Tamil?
Sentence adverb in Tamil is தொடரிய வினையடை, வாக்கிய வினையடை. See Sentence adverb meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sentence adverb?
Sentence adverb is a noun.
What is the plural of sentence adverb?
The plural of sentence adverb is sentence adverbs.

Words near sentence adverb in the dictionary

  1. sentegraph
  2. sentegraphs
  3. Sentell
  4. Sentells
  5. sentence
  6. sentence adverb
  7. sentence adverbs
  8. sentence case
  9. sentence connective
  10. sentence connectives
  11. sentence element

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sentence adverb (page history and authors); sentence adverb (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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