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| adv. |
abbreviation of "adverb," in grammar, a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb or adverbial phrase. |
| adverb |
in grammar, a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverb, adverbial phrase, or sentence. |
| adverbial |
of, relating to, or functioning as an adverb. |
| dependent clause |
a clause that is syntactically not a complete sentence and is used typically as an attachment to an independent clause. A dependent clause adds additional meaning to the independent clause and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. |
| inflection |
in grammar, the alteration in the form of words that allows the communication of information such as the gender, number, or case of a noun; the tense of a verb; or the degree of an adjective or adverb. [1/5 definitions] |
| kinda |
contraction of "kind of," used in some kinds of writing to reflect how the two words are often pronounced in rapid, informal speech (used as an adverb). |
| part of speech |
in grammar, one of the major categories by which words have traditionally been grouped, primarily according to their function, such as adjective, adverb, conjunction, interjection, noun, preposition, pronoun, and verb, in English. |
| prepositional phrase |
in grammar, a phrase that is made up of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of this object, and that functions as an adjective or adverb, such as "of the people" or "under the bridge". |
| qualifier |
in grammar, a word such as an adjective or adverb, or a word group that modifies the meaning of another word or word group; modifier. [1/2 definitions] |
| relative |
in grammar, a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb. [1/6 definitions] |
| sorta |
contraction of "sort of" used in some kinds of writing to reflect how the two words are often pronounced in rapid, informal speech (used as an adverb). |
| split infinitive |
an infinitive in which a word or group of words, usu. an adverb or adverbial phrase, comes between "to" and its following verb, as in "to easily succeed". |
| than |
used to demonstrate preference or express exception when following an adjective or an adverb. [1/2 definitions] |
| verb phrase |
in grammar, either a phrase that includes a verb with auxiliary verbs, such as "had been crying," or one that includes a verb and adverb, such as "give up". |
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