adverbial phrase

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English [edit]

Noun [edit]

Examples

We ran as quickly as we could up the stairs.

adverbial phrase (plural adverbial phrases)

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

Translations [edit]

Phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase

See also [edit]

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