sentence adverb
sen·tence ad·verb
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sen-tns ad-vurb]
- /ˈsɛn tns ˈæd vɜrb/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [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
Historical Comparancy
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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