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adverbial, a. and n.|ædˈvɜːbɪəl|
[ad. L. adverbiāl-is (cf. mod.Fr. adverbial), f. adverbi-um: see prec. and -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of an adverb.
1611Cotgr., À before an Adjective, sometimes makes it admit of an Adverbiall interpretation; as à droict, à tort; rightfully, wrongfully. a1704T. Brown (title) in Wks. (1730) I. 38 A bantering adverbial declamation, written by Mr. Brown. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Adverbial numbers are sometimes used to denote once, twice, thrice. 1873R. Morris Eng. Accid. xiv. §311 In such phrases as ‘He went home,’ ‘They wandered north and south’..home, north, south are adverbial accusatives. Ibid. In Elizabethan writers we find the adverbial -ly often omitted, as ‘grievous sick,’ ‘miserable poor.’
2. Given to the use of adverbs; fond of modifying, limiting, or extending one's statements. rare.
1710Steele Tatler No. 191 ⁋1 He is also wonderfully adverbial in his Expressions, and breaks off with a ‘perhaps.’
B. n. [The adj. used absol.]
1591Percivall Span. Dict. B iij, The aduerbialls, vna vez, once, dos vezes, twise. 1924H. E. Palmer Gram. Spoken Eng. ii. 234 The term Adverbials is a convenient designation of adverbs and their equivalents, viz. Group-Adverbs, Adverbial Phrases and Adverbial Clauses. 1960I. L. Gordon Seafarer 44 Þurh with an abstract noun is a frequent method of expressing the adverbial of manner or state. 1962J. Söderlind in Contrib. Eng. Syntax (Gothenburg Stud.) 100 Thus the names of days are used as adverbials without a preposition. |
