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sentence adverb — sentence .adverb n an adverb that relates to the whole sentence that contains it … Dictionary of contemporary English
sentence adverb — sentence ,adverb noun count an adverb that affects the meaning of a whole sentence … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sentence adverb — 1. Certain adverbs, such as actually, basically, clearly, frankly, interestingly, normally, regrettably, strictly, and usually, have the special role of qualifying entire statements rather than individual words. Some of these are adverbs of time… … Modern English usage
sentence adverb — noun : an adverb that qualifies a sentence as a whole (as surely in “surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”) * * * noun, pl ⋯ verbs [count] grammar : an adverb that limits or describes the meaning of an entire… … Useful english dictionary
sentence adverb — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sentence adverb : singular sentence adverb plural sentence adverbs linguistics an adverb that affects the meaning of a whole sentence, for example fortunately in the sentence Fortunately, no one was injured. or … English dictionary
sentence adverb — sentence adverbs N COUNT Adverbs such as fortunately and perhaps which apply to the whole clause, rather than to part of it, are sometimes called sentence adverbs … English dictionary
sentence adverb — noun Grammar an adverb that expresses an attitude to the content of the sentence in which it occurs or places the sentence in a particular context. Usage Some traditionalists hold that the use of sentence adverbs (as in sadly, he is rather… … English new terms dictionary
sentence adverb — noun An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase … Wiktionary
sentence adverb — noun (C) an adverb that expresses an opinion about the whole sentence that contains it … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sentence adverb — sen′tence ad verb n. oce gram. an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can t be trusted[/ex] • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
