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Definition of Adverbials
1. adverbial [n] - See also: adverbial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adverbials
Literary usage of Adverbials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grammatical Synthesis: The Art of English Composition by Henry Noble Day (1870)
"Other predicate modifiers are called generally adverbials. They include adverbial
phrases and adverbial clauses, as well as single words. ..."
2. A Complete Practical Grammar of the German Language: With Exercises in by Traugott Heinrich Weisse (1872)
"The adverbials. The subject as well as the verb and the object may be attended
by adverbial expressions which are generally introduced by propositions: as. ..."
3. The Participle in the Book of Acts by Charles Bray Williams (1909)
"In Thucydides we find a very large proportion of adverbials— the third largest
from Homer to Plutarch (Homer and Josephus excelling him), ..."
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