Example sentences for: adverb

How can you use “adverb” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Then we are given frabjous, as in O frabjous day!, which The Concise Oxford allows straightforwardly as meaning delightful, joyous and has provided the adverb, frabjously.

  • After all, the use of a hyphen in adverb/adjective compounds is a matter of style, which can be described in a rule: in position before a noun, compounds with well --indeed, any not ending in - ly --like well-heeled, well-known, well-thought-out , are hyphenated, as in well-heeled gambler, well-known man-about-town, a well-thought-out plan ; but when they are in predicative position, as in Is she well heeled enough to sit in on our game?

  • Serve a function is such a collocation as are (from the preceding paragraph) from the standpoint of, provide relief, present a [or no ] problem, as often [or any adjective/adverb] as , noun phrases like eye contact, lack of understanding, member of his [or any pronoun, name, or article] audience, background noise , and attention span . Those who have had experience with a person learning English as a foreign language are aware that a breakthrough seems to come as soon as the person starts using clichés and colloquial or slang expressions appropriately, even though the speaker's pronunciation may still be far from a native speaker's.

  • That is to say, the meaning of a sentence could be signaled--and thereby validated--by the use of a sentence adverb such as moreover, indeed , or however . Essentially, the thrust of the sentence was communicated in advance.

  • The first adverb casually banalizes German brutality; the second diminishes its extent; together, they come dangerously close to apologia.


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