[ˈadvəːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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)
(e.g: students are encouraged to pare back adjectives and adverbs in order to let the action present itself)


Phrases:

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