adverbial phrase

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English

Alternative forms

adverb phrase

Noun

Examples
We ran as quickly as we could up the stairs. We ran to the top of the stairs.

adverbial phrase (plural adverbial phrases)

(grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.

Coordinate terms

Translations

type of phrase

Dutch: bepaling (nl) f
Finnish: adverbilauseke, adverbiaalilauseke (fi)
French: locution adverbiale (fr) f
German: Adverbphrase (de) f, Adverbialphrase f, Adverbgruppe f, adverbiales Satzglied (de) n
Italian: locuzione avverbiale (it) f
Khmer: កន្សោមគុណកិរិយា (kɑnsaom kun ke’ri’yaa)
Portuguese: locução adverbial (pt) f
Romanian: locuțiune adverbială f
Spanish: locución adverbial (es) f
Swedish: adverbfras (sv) c
Walloon: advierbire (wa) f

Further reading

adverbial phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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