Words similar to phrasal

Example sentences for: phrasal

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

I should not like to have to face the task of listing all the adverbs that might be used with the verb run , even if it is restricted to cars: smoothly, quietly, silently, uninterruptedly, fitfully, intermittently, efficiently, well, faultlessly, beautifully, perfectly, poorly, badly, sluggishly, economically, swiftly, rapidly, quickly --and then one must be prepared to add the multi-word phrasal modifiers, like without a hitch, as if it would never stop, like a clock, like clockwork , etc.
For the most part, as might be expected, Maggio's alternatives and equivalents are phrasal definitions which, if assiduously applied, would effectively sterilize all writing.
The question is trivial, for the systems need not be mutually exclusive, nor need they exclude phrasal sets like Shut up!
There is a difference between using a word in a phrasal definition and suggesting it as a— presumably substitutable—synonym.
Also, the alphabetical order might prove a bit off-putting for some, for phrasal verbs are set flush left with a hanging indention (like headwords) immediately after the main verb: for instance, take , which has fifteen main entries of its own (for reasons we shall get to), is followed by headword-style entries for take after, take against , etc., through take up with ; it is only then that one reaches the entry for takeaway .