adverbial B1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words US /ædˈvɝbi.əl/ UK /ədˈvɜːbi.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #172979 Meanings 1 adj Relating to or working like an adverb. The phrase 'in the morning' has an adverbial function in the sentence. 2 noun A word or phrase that works like an adverb in a sentence. 'Yesterday' and 'at home' are both adverbials. Thesaurus Word family Forms adverbials Common collocations temporal adverbial Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial. *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # adverbial **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /ædˈvɝbi.əl/ **IPA (UK):** /ədˈvɜːbi.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 172979 ## Meanings 1. Relating to or working like an adverb. 2. A word or phrase that works like an adverb in a sentence. ## Examples - The phrase 'in the morning' has an adverbial function in the sentence. - 'Yesterday' and 'at home' are both adverbials. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *werh₁- ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial. ## AI Etymology Adverbial is borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb plus -ial. The historical chain also includes Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-. The adjectival suffix attaches the word to adverb semantically, giving it the sense of being of, relating to, or characterized by the base. In use as an adjective and a noun, adverbial denotes relating to or working like an adverb and a word or phrase that works like an adverb in a sentence. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown