adverbial phrase

English

Alternative forms

• adverb phrase

Noun

Examples
We ran as quickly as we could up the stairs. We ran to the top of the stairs.

adverbial phrase (plural adverbial phrases)

1. (grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.

Coordinate terms

• adjective phrase
• conjunctional phrase
• interjectional phrase
• noun phrase
• phrasal preposition
• pronominal phrase
• verb phrase

Translations

type of phrase

• Dutch: bepaling (nl) f
• Finnish: adverbilauseke, adverbiaalilauseke (fi)
• French: locution adverbiale (fr) f
• German: Adverbphrase (de) f, Adverbialphrase f, Adverbgruppe f, adverbiales Satzglied (de) n
• Italian: locuzione avverbiale (it) f
• Khmer: កន្សោមគុណកិរិយា (kɑnsaom kun ke’ri’yaa)
• Portuguese: locução adverbial (pt) f
• Romanian: locuțiune adverbială f
• Spanish: locución adverbial (es) f
• Swedish: adverbfras (sv) c
• Walloon: advierbire (wa) f

Further reading

• adverbial phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia