n. A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In grammar, one of the indeclinable parts of speech: so called from being ordinarily joined to verbs for the purpose of limiting or extending their signification, but used also to qualify adjectives and other adverbs: as, I readily admit; you speak wisely; very cold; naturally brave; very generally acknowledged;
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n. the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
n. a word that modifies something other than a noun
Word Usage
"Remember the definition of an adverb — “an adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.”"