sentence adverb

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sentence adverb

noun sentence adverbs

An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase. In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on.

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@misc{sentence_adverb_2026,
  title = {sentence adverb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sentence%20adverb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}