adverbial suffix

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• adverbial — [ad vʉr′bē əl, ədvʉr′bē əl] adj. 1. of an adverb 2. having the nature or function of an adverb 3. used to form an adverb [an adverbial suffix] n. Linguis. a word or word group that occurs in grammatical functions typical of adverbs (Ex.: the man… …   English World dictionary

• Adverbial case — The adverbial case is a noun case in the Abkhaz language and Georgian language that has a function similar to the translative and essive cases in Finnic languages. The term is sometimes used to refer to the ablative case in other… …   Wikipedia

• Adverbial participle — Adverbal participles are built out of a verb (mostly with a suffix), and in most cases they play the role of the sentence element called adverbial in the grammar of some languages (Russian [http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/particip.html… …   Wikipedia

• -way — suffix = WAYS. * * * ˌwāfl>adverb suffix Etymology: Middle English, from way (I) : in (such) a way, course, direction, or manner broadway lyra …   Useful english dictionary

• -ally — suffix forming adverbs from adjectives in al (cf. AL, LY(2), ICALLY). * * * (ə)lē, (ə)li adverb suffix Etymology: al (I) + ly : ly II semantically in adverbs formed from adjectives in …   Useful english dictionary

• Proto-Germanic language — Proto Germanic Spoken in Northern Europe Extinct evolved into Proto Norse, Gothic, Frankish and Ingvaeonic by the 4th century Language family Indo European …   Wikipedia

• Semitic languages — Family of Afro Asiatic languages spoken in northern Africa and South Asia. No other language family has been attested in writing over a greater time span from the late 3rd millennium BC to the present. Both traditional and some recent… …   Universalium

• -ly — 1. the normal adverbial suffix, added to almost any descriptive adjective, as in gladly, gradually. 2. the adverbial suffix applied to units of time, meaning per , as in hourly. 3. adjective suffix meaning like , as in saintly, manly. {Middle… …  

• -ly — {{11}} ly (1) suffix forming adjectives from nouns and meaning having qualities of, appropriate to, fitting; irregularly descended from O.E. lic, from P.Gmc. * liko (Cf. O.Fris. lik, Du. lijk, O.H.G. lih, Ger. lich, O.N. ligr), related to *likom… …   Etymology dictionary

• ad|ver´bi|al|ly — ad|ver|bi|al «ad VUR bee uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. used as an adverb. »In the sentence “He worked as quickly as possible,” as quickly as possible is an adverbial phrase modifying the verb worked. 2. of an adverb; forming adverbs: » ly is an …   Useful english dictionary

• ad|ver|bi|al — «ad VUR bee uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. used as an adverb. »In the sentence “He worked as quickly as possible,” as quickly as possible is an adverbial phrase modifying the verb worked. 2. of an adverb; forming adverbs: » ly is an adverbial… …   Useful english dictionary