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noun

adverb

CEFR B1

the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

In a sentence

Six example sentences with adverb, each labelled with its topic.

  • A good editor deletes the adverb in a phrase like shouted loudly, because the verb already carries the volume.

    Literature

  • The grammar checker flags every adverb ending in ly and suggests a sharper replacement for the phrase around it.

    Technology

  • Researchers found that swapping one adverb, from rarely to sometimes, changed how confident survey answers sounded to readers.

    Psychology

  • The whole case turned on the adverb knowingly, since the statute punishes only those who understood what they were doing.

    Law

  • Marketing copy leans on the adverb 'simply', as if the word alone could make a complicated product feel easy.

    Business

  • Referees strike the adverb 'clearly' from a paper whenever the data that follows is anything but.

    Science

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