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adverbial phrase
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adverbial phrase

Group of words that modifies the meaning of an adverb. Words before the adverb are ‘premodifers’ and after ‘postmodifers’. Adverbial phrases can, in turn, modify another adverb or an adjective.



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You can also say It took awhile to get down the hill, where awhile functions like the adverb phrase quite long or the comparative adverb longer.
The 'curly blond-haired boy' now has a 'thick head of gray hair.' ... by Wood, Alden / Communication World
They consist of fronted participial, adjective and prepositional phrases and locative, directional and temporal adverb phrases.
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