adverb

1. 1.

   the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

   Broadermajor form class
2. 2.

   a word that modifies something other than a noun

   Broadermodifier

   Narrowerpositivecomparativesuperlativeadverbial

Other forms of adverb

plural

adverbs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adverb

What does adverb mean?

adverb means "the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adverb?

adverb has 2 syllables: ad-verb. The stress falls on "ad". In IPA it is /ˈædvɚb/.

Is adverb a common word?

adverb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.