Adverb - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Adverb :  (noun)
1: the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
2: a word that modifies something other than a noun

Based on WordNet 2.0

Adverb : \Ad"verb\, n. [L. adverbium; ad _ verbum word, verb: cf. F. adverbe.] (Gram.) A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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