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sentence adverb

sen·tence ad·verb
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-tns ad-vurb]
    • /ˈsɛn tns ˈæd vɜrb/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sen-tns ad-vurb]
    • /ˈsɛn tns ˈæd vɜrb/

Definitions of sentence adverb words

  • noun sentence adverb an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can't be trusted. 1
  • countable noun sentence adverb Adverbs such as 'fortunately' and 'perhaps' which apply to the whole clause, rather than to part of it, are sometimes called sentence adverbs. 0
  • noun sentence adverb adverbs such as 'fortunately' and 'perhaps' which apply to the whole clause, rather than to part of it, are sometimes called sentence adverbs 0

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Origin of sentence adverb

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Sentence adverb

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sentence adverb popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

sentence adverb usage trend in Literature

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