sentence adverb

noun

An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.

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Meanings

nounsentence adverb (plural sentence adverbs)

plural sentence adverbs

  1. grammarAn adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.

    In every section of this invaluable work new light is thrown on ancient problems - phrasal verbs (bring up, put off), phrasal-prepositional verbs (catch up on, come up with) [...] duratives, sentence adverbs, and so on.

    1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 156

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
disjunct
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APA

sentence adverb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentence%20adverb

MLA

“sentence adverb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentence%20adverb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sentence adverb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sentence%20adverb.

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