adverbial number

noun

A word that expresses a countable number of times; an adverbial numeral.

“"Twice" is an adverbial number, while "two" is a cardinal number.”

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Meanings

nounadverbial number (plural adverbial numbers)

plural adverbial numbers

  1. grammarA word that expresses a countable number of times; an adverbial numeral.

    "Twice" is an adverbial number, while "two" is a cardinal number.

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Chicago

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