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  1. adverbial phrase love

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  1. n. grammar A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.

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  • “He notes that some of these double-word modifiers grow out of adverbial phrases: in “technology at the cutting edge,” the adverbial phrase is swung around in front of the noun to become cutting-edge technology; in the same way, “you can track changes in real time” becomes real-time data.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. as
  2. exocentric
  3. preposition
  4. in
  1. shipboard
  2. sunder
  3. ender-day
  4. sentence adverb
  1. according as
  2. adverbial
  3. prepositional phrase
  4. ablative absolute
  1. disjunct
  2. to and fro
  3. unable
  4. whit
  1. all
  2. cockhorse
  3. fashion
  4. sin
  1. since
  2. thought
  3. trifle

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