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adverbial

American  
[ad-vur-bee-uhl] / ædˈvɜr bi əl /

adjective

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

noun

  1. a word or phrase functioning as an adverb.

adverbial British  
/ 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

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adjective

  1. of or relating to an adverb or adverbial

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Other Word Forms

  • adverbially adverb
  • nonadverbial adjective
  • nonadverbially adverb

Etymology

Origin of adverbial

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

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