adverbial

[ ad-vur-bee-uhl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or used as an adverb.

noun

1. a word or phrase functioning as an adverb.

adverbial

/ ædˈvɜːbɪəl /

noun

1. a word or group of words playing the grammatical role of an adverb, such as in the rain in the sentence I'm singing in the rain

adjective

1. of or relating to an adverb or adverbial

Derived Forms

• adˈverbially, adverb

Other Words From

• ad·verbi·al·ly adverb
• nonad·verbi·al adjective
• nonad·verbi·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of adverbial¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin adverbi(um) adverb + -al ¹; compare Late Latin adverbiālis

Example Sentences

At a later time, wonder, when thus used adverbially, received the adverbial suffix -s; hence Th.

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For this adverbial use of all (here modifying the following prepositional phrase), compare Il Pens.

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But the adverbial habit appeared to grow as the participial habit vanished.

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No point would be used in the above sentences, if the adverbial phrases occurred in their usual position.

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In both cases inwi is adverbial, as at 130/57, and the sense yielded is intelligible.

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