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   adverb

   /ˈadvəːb/

   noun

   • 1. a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there): "students are encouraged to pare back adjectives and adverbs in order to let the action present itself"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin adverbium, from ad- ‘to’ (expressing addition) + verbum ‘word, verb’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • B

     3

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