sentence adverb
Definition of sentence adverb
grammar
: an adverb that limits or describes the meaning of an entire statement rather than just a single word or phrase “Similarly” and “hopefully” often function as sentence adverbs.
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Word by Word Definitions
: opinion
: a conclusion given on request or reached after deliberation
: judgment
: to impose a sentence on
: to cause to suffer something
: a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages, typically serving as a modifier of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a preposition, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence, expressing some relation of manner or quality, place, time, degree, number, cause, opposition, affirmation, or denial, and in English also serving to connect and to express comment on clause content — compare adjunct, conjunct, disjunct
: adverbial
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