adverb

     

An averb is a part of speech. It is any word that modifies any other part of language: verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs, except for nouns; modifiers of nouns are primarily determiners and adjectives.

Trivia about adverb

  • This type of word often ends with -ly, but not in phrases like "often ends"
  • This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
  • One of the grammatical parts of speech, this can modify another one of its type
  • We know you're very smart, but are you smart enough to know:very
  • It's the part of speech "wicked" is in the colloquial sentence "Alex is wicked smart."

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