An adverbial phrase describes movement or action. From LearnThat.org.
adverbial syntax. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"adverbial" theory of the sort recommended by Chisholm (1957) and Sellars (1967), and outright eliminativism. From Wordnik.com. [Representational Theories of Consciousness] Reference
Some call it an adverbial modifier, some call it a. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The adverbial theory was added in the 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [Epistemological Problems of Perception] Reference
(See the discussion below of the adverbial theory.). From Wordnik.com. [Epistemological Problems of Perception] Reference
Substantival and adverbial numerals can also be used. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
It must not be confused with an adverb or an adverbial modifier. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
They attribute an ˜adverbial theory™ of sensation to Malebranche. From Wordnik.com. [Malebranche's Theory of Ideas and Vision in God] Reference
Various other adverbial suffixes occur, the most important of which are. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
The common adverbial terminations have already been given above (§ 76). From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
It is easy, with a little practice, to construct the adverbial modifiers. From Wordnik.com. [Epistemological Problems of Perception] Reference
The adjective with adverbial meaning would be especially liable to corruption. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
But splitting an adverbial pronoun, just to squeeze in one more "commonsense?". From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: Sarah Palin Tells Rush Limbaugh the Magic Word] Reference
The use of “of course” or “obviously” that you refer to are adverbial. From Wordnik.com. [Cataloguing My Tics] Reference
Most importantly is just a sentence-modifying adverbial phrase like any other. From Wordnik.com. [2010 March « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Upon this knowledge alone can a rational idea of the adverbial objective be built. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education] Reference
In fact, the OED notes that the adjectival form of fast came from the adverbial form!. From Wordnik.com. [2009 June « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Besides the primitive adverbs given in our list, there are many adverbial locutions. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
Mencken identified those-there this as a perfectly good hill country adverbial pronoun. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: Sarah Palin Tells Rush Limbaugh the Magic Word] Reference
Phrases, defined; prepositional; verb; punctuation of adverbial phrases (§116), (§121). From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
A correct adverbial use of hopefully would be "I was waiting hopefully for him to arrive.". From Wordnik.com. [hopefully ??] Reference
To the adverbs given in Lesson XXVIII we add the following adverbs and adverbial locutions. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
After noting that Peter of Spain classified adverbial distinctions of time as modes he says (p. 750). From Wordnik.com. [The Sun Is Not] Reference
Subordinate elements: attribute complement; adjective modifier; adverbial modifier; object complement. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
No point would be used in the above sentences, if the adverbial phrases occurred in their usual position. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
Euphonic changes were very arbitrary and various, differing for the same termination; but the adverbial ending. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
The lapse of time, irrecuperable to conceptual identification, will be expressed figuratively as the adverbial. From Wordnik.com. [Emmanuel Levinas] Reference
According to the adverbial theory, Bertie's experience involves no thing, either actual or nonactual, that is green. From Wordnik.com. [Representational Theories of Consciousness] Reference
De interpretatione 12-13, Aristotle operates with nominal rather than adverbial modes, e.g. ˜it is necessary that™ or. From Wordnik.com. [The Statue of a Writer] Reference
Clauses, defined; adjective; adverbial; agreement, of verb in; principal or independent; subordinate or dependent; substantive. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
This amounts to introducing a wholly new concept of modality, which comes close to an adverbial qualification of a given action. From Wordnik.com. [Lorenzo Valla] Reference
Contact Tim at French Country Wines for more info: [email protected] de guingois (deuh-gehn-gwah) adverbial and adjectival phrase. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
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