adverbize

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UK/ˈæd.vɜːˌbaɪz/US/ˈæd.vɝˌbaɪz/

verb

To convert to an adverb.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

verbadverbize (third-person singular simple present adverbizes, present participle adverbizing, simple past and past participle adverbized)

present singular third person adverbizes · participle present adverbizing · participle past adverbized · past adverbized · alternative adverbise

  1. transitiveTo convert to an adverb.

    As for eschewing modifiers, he encourages writers to adjectivize and adverbize inventively, and even to concoct neologisms, or made-up words.

    2007, Iowa Alumni Magazine
    2 more examples

    The poultry industry has shown rapid, solid growth during the past few years not only commercially but also "fancierly" — if I may adverbize the noun fancier.

    1947, New England Poultry Review

    Furthermore, the way in which Mantra takes two nouns, “máscara” and “luchador” and adverbizes or adjectivizes them suggests a subjectivity based on process rather than location.

    2010, J. Brown, Cyborgs in Latin America, Springer, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

adverbize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbize

MLA

“adverbize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adverbize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbize.

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