adverb
nounHow to pronounce adverb:
Definition of adverb:
- adverb (noun):
- compare adjunct, conjunct, disjunct
- the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
- a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages, typically serving as a modifier of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a preposition, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence, expressing some relation of manner or quality, place, time, degree, number, cause, opposition, affirmation, or denial, and in english also serving to connect and to express comment on clause content
Synonyms for adverb:
adverbial
comparative
comparative degree
modifier
positive
positive degree
qualifier
superlative
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- pamphlet
- irate
- indent
- beer
- induct
- bridges
- Shiloh
- rarely
- nibbling
- Irie
- fortune
- feathers
- busily
- xerox
- treaty
- cinder
- beware
- barley
- toilet
- refel
- recluse
- ombre
- fewer
- ennui
- Croatia
- building
- coupon
- wetlands
- stadle
- millet
- rascal
- mango
- golf ball
- cadelle
- Wafai
- Ulysses
- solstice
- slothful
- quadrille
- parents
- outdoors
- mumbling
- exscript
- ceviche
- shaky
- miswired
- dust storm
- pondered
- Hermes
- headboard
- … more
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