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Definition of adverb : A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.

Synonyms:

intensifier, intensive, adverbial modifier, adverbial, limiting word, qualifying construction, modifier

Usage examples:

• 39. The adjective and the adverb are sometimes alike in form. - "Practical Grammar and Composition", Thomas Wood.
• 2. The adverb where, a feminine dative, like there. - "The English Language", Robert Gordon Latham.
• He objected to the phrase " those who," meaning " those persons who," and above all his soul revolted against the use of " such" as an adverb- as in the phrase " such ripe strawberries" which, he contended, should be " so ripe strawberries" or " strawberries so ripe." - "Recollections of a Varied Life", George Cary Eggleston.