Meanings
nounadverbial phrase (plural adverbial phrases)
plural adverbial phrases · alternative adverb phrase
- grammarA phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.
Translations
Dutch bepaling
- bepalingtraditional grammar: type of phrase
Finnish adverbilauseke, adverbiaalilauseke
- adverbilauseketraditional grammar: type of phrase
- adverbiaalilauseketraditional grammar: type of phrase
French locution adverbiale
- locution adverbialetraditional grammar: type of phrase
German Adverbphrase, Adverbialphrase
- Adverbphrasetraditional grammar: type of phrase
- Adverbialphrasetraditional grammar: type of phrase
- Adverbgruppetraditional grammar: type of phrase
- adverbiales Satzgliedtraditional grammar: type of phrase
Italian locuzione avverbiale
- locuzione avverbialetraditional grammar: type of phrase
Japanese 副詞句
- 副詞句traditional grammar: type of phrase
Korean 부사구
- 부사구 (busagu)traditional grammar: type of phrase
Polish fraza przysłówkowa, fraza przysłówkowa
- fraza przysłówkowatraditional grammar: type of phrase
- fraza przysłówkowalinguistics: functional category headed by an adverb
Portuguese locução adverbial
- locução adverbialtraditional grammar: type of phrase
Romanian locuțiune adverbială
- locuțiune adverbialătraditional grammar: type of phrase
Spanish locución adverbial, sintagma adverbial
- locución adverbialtraditional grammar: type of phrase
- sintagma adverbiallinguistics: functional category headed by an adverb
- frase adverbiallinguistics: functional category headed by an adverb
Swedish adverbfras
- adverbfrastraditional grammar: type of phrase
Cite this entry
APA
adverbial phrase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbial%20phrase
MLA
“adverbial phrase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbial%20phrase. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adverbial phrase,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbial%20phrase.
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