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Webster 1913 Edition
Adverb
Ad′verb
,Noun.
[L.
adverbium
; ad
+ verbum
word, verb: cf. F. adverbe
.] (Gram.)
A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it;
as, he writes
well
; paper extremely
white.Webster 1828 Edition
Adverb
AD'VERB
,Noun.
In grammar, a word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective or attribute, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white. This part of speech might be more significantly named a modifier, as its use is to modify, that is, to vary or qualify the sense of another word, by enlarging or restraining it, or by expressing form, quality or manner, which the word itself does not express. The term adverb, denoting position merely, is often improper.