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Is round an adverb

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Yes, but only colloquially, in the place of the actual adverb "around." The instances of this substitution are many and varied, but in most cases are just dialectic. ("Come round to see me.")

Practically the only adverb use that is even marginally formal is in the phrase "all year round."

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