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adverbial phrase

noun

  1. a group of two or more words that function together as an adverb, as the phrase in a minute in I'll be with you in a minute.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adverbial phrase1

First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences

Gu is to be supplied from the former phrase; gu suilbhear, cheerfully, an adverbial phrase.

A simile—in grammatical terms, an adverbial phrase—sometimes constitutes the second element.

Its function is the same as that of an adverb (promptly) or an adverbial phrase (on the stroke of the bell).

Since the indirect object is equivalent to an adverbial phrase, it is classed as a modifier of the verb.

A group of words consisting of an adverbial object with its modifier or modifiers forms an adverbial phrase ( 41).

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