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I dont think SET is an adverb.

• The train still hasn't arrived.
• Afterwards we decided to go by car. I've done that journey before.
• The train hasn't arrived yet.

Adverbs of comment provide a comment, or opinion about a situation. They are normally used at the beginning of a sentence.

Example: Luckily, the dogs didn't notice the children playing nearby.

Here the speaker is commenting on the fact that the children were lucky that the dogs hadn't seen them.

No, it is not.

The term "even though" is a two-word conjunction used to form adverbial clauses of concession.

Quickly, loosely, easily, and merrily are examples of -ly adverbs.

No. It is a noun, but could be used as a b\noun adjunct (butterfly wings, butterfly effect).

Yes, the word "already" is an adverb.

The word motherly is normally an adjective (motherly love, motherly advice).

But it might also be used as an adverb in rare cases, modifying an action or adjective. Examples are hard to find, but might be of the form "She was caring motherly for the orphaned kittens" or "She was a motherly good kind of woman."

There is no adverb for the adjective forms breaking or broken. But there is one for the derivative breakable, which is breakably.

No. The word company is a noun. There are no direct adjectives or adverbs.

(the noun company is often used as a noun adjunct : company policy, company debt).

It is an adjective. It describes a noun. For example, you could use it to describe a dog (noun), but not a jump (verb).

Of course not, it is an adjective. Don't be silly.

No.

"Sharp" is an adjective describing "blows," which is a noun. Together as "sharp blows" they comprise a noun phrase consisting of the noun "blows" and its adjectival premodifier "sharp."

Move is not an adverb. It is a noun or a verb.

Adverbs based on the verb form moving include movingly, and unmovingly.

Adverbs based on the adjective movable include movably and immovably.

verbs are words that tell us about action: I saw the dog - action = see. We eat rice everyday - action=eat.

adverbs tell us more information about verbs: We always eat rice for lunch. adverb always tells us how often we eat.

adjectives describe nouns: The black dog ate the small rabbit. Nouns are: black (describes the dog) and small (describes the rabbit).

Yes. It means in a deep or metaphorically deep (true, sincere) manner.

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An adverb cannot modify nouns or pronouns, as adjectives do. It may modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Other parts of speech (conjunctions, prepositions) are never modified.

No, it is not an adverb. It is a verb form or gerund (noun) from the verb "to think."

Yes, it is an adverb. It can mean "in a poor or substandard manner." It is also an archaic adjective or adverb meaning in poor health, e.g. "feeling poorly."

One adverb form of "imagine" is imaginatively.

"His story was imaginatively written."

Yes, both may be used as adverbs, while away can also be used as an adjective.

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