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Adverbs
Includes questions related to the comprehension, usage and identification of the parts of speech that modify a verb, adverb or adjective such as quickly or very.
6,107 Questions
Is sweet an adverb or adjective?
Sweet is normally a noun or adjective. It can only be an adverb when it takes the place of the actual adverb form, sweetly. This is so rare that there are few examples to be found.
Is boring an adjective or an adverb?
The word 'boring' is the present participle, present tense of the verb to bore.
The present participle of the verb also functions as an adjective and a gerund (verbal noun).
Examples:
He was boring everyone with his petty grievances. (verb)
The boring equipment was set up at the construction site. (adjective)
The watchmaker had tiny drills for boring. (noun)
Can two adverbs modify the same verb?
Angrily, the orange gorilla stomped loudly up the stairs and turned off the lights.
The verb 'tend' has two adjective forms, tended and tending. Neither has a formal adverb.
Some adverbs that might describe the verb 'tend' are:
carefully
carelessly
repeatedly
seldom
randomly
diligently
attentively
inattentively
watchfully
frequently
occasionally
The adverb of funny is funnily.
An example sentence is "he funnily told a joke".
Another example is "the milk smelt funnily odd".
Yes, it means in a fond, loving, or affectionate manner. It is often connected to memories or nostalgic feelings.
Yes it is. It describes a verb like: To remember fondly.
No, it is the present participle of "to sing" and may be a verb, noun (gerund), or adjective (e.g. singing carolers).
What is the adverb for compare?
The verb to compare has participle adjective forms comparing and compared, but they do not form widely-recognized adverbs. The derivative adjective comparative has the adverb form comparatively (used to mean relatively, in comparison).
Yes, sincerely is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb; for example:
She apologized sincerely, so I decided to forgive her.
Is gentle an adjective or an adverb?
Gentle is an adjective, and more rarely a verb. The adverb form is gently.
What does the word off balance mean?
It means being unstable. For example, if you hit a pothole while in your car, the car will be unstable. Either that, or off balance could also mean unpreparded, or surprised. An example for that would be like a teacher. If a teacher gives the class a surprise pop quiz, the class will be off balance by the fact that the teacher didn't tell them first. Off balance is a verb, because in both defenitions, off balance is an action word. Unlike a noun, a person, place, or thing, or an adjective, or an adverb. Basically, off balance is unstable or unprepared. This is what off balance means.
What is the adverb for please?
There is an adverb "pleasedly" that is active (refers to being pleased) but it is rarely used.
The related adjective pleasing and adverb pleasingly refer to something that pleases, not someone who is being pleased.
No, it is not an adverb. Fear is a noun, or verb. There are related adverbs, which are "fearfully" and "frighteningly" (refer to having fear or causing fear).
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "started," is a transitive verb, not an adverb.
Is there an adverb for strategy?
Yes, the noun strategy has the adjective form strategic. The adverb form is strategically.
