Ingles (Adverb Definition)

An adverb is a word that changes or qualifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause,sentence or any other word or phrase, except that it does not includethe adjectives and determiners that directly modify nouns. Adverbs are traditionally regarded as one of the parts of speech, although the wide variety of the functions performed by words classed as adverbs means that it is hard totreat them as a single uniform category.
Adverbs typically answer questions such as how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?. This function is called the adverbial function, and isrealized not just by single words (i.e., adverbs) but by adverbial phrases and adverbial clauses.
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Uses of adverbs
Adverbs are wordslike slowly, yesterday, now, soon, and suddenly. An adverb usually modifies a verb or a verb phrase. It provides information about the manner, place, time, frequency, certainty, or other circumstances of the activitydenoted by the verb or verb phrase.
Examples:
1. She walked slowly. (Here the adverb slowly shows the manner in which she walked.)
2. The kids are playing together. (Here the adverb together providesinformation about how the kids are playing.)

Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs.
1. You are quite right. (Here the adverb quite modifies the adjective right.)
2. She spoke quiteloudly. (Here the adverb quite modifies another adverb – loudly.)
In English, adverbs of manner (answering the question how?) are often formed by adding -ly to adjectives. Other languages often havesimilar methods for deriving adverbs from adjectives (French, for example, uses the suffix -ment), or else use the same form for both adjectives and adverbs. Some examples are listed under Adverbs inspecific languages below.
Where the meaning permits, adverbs may undergo comparison, taking comparative and superlative forms. In English this is usually done by adding more andmost before the...