Crossword-Solution: ADVERB 6 letters, 68 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Adverb	n.	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.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
ADVERB	anagram	BRAVED

We have 68 clues for the answer “ADVERB”

Clue	Answers
Type of modifier	1 answer
Kindly, perhaps ... but not neighborly	1 answer
Literally, literally	1 answer
Modifying word	1 answer
Nearly is one	1 answer
Once or twice	1 answer
PART of speech used with verbs, adjectives, to qualify their meaning	1 answer
Part of speech like "overly"	1 answer
Quickly, to a grammarian	1 answer
Rightly or wrongly	1 answer
Slowly or surely, for example	1 answer
Slowly, e.g.	1 answer
Tom Swifty word	1 answer
Too, for one	1 answer
Truly, madly or deeply, e.g.	1 answer
Truly, madly, or deeply	1 answer
Modifying word in a sentence	1 answer
Very or too	1 answer
WORD expressing circumstance, place, or time	1 answer
Well, e.g.	1 answer
Word like "casually"	1 answer
Word that often ends in "-ly"	1 answer
it modifies the verb	1 answer
it modifies the verb often ending in ily	1 answer
it modifies the verb often ends in ly	1 answer
the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses	1 answer
verb modifier	1 answer
word that adds information about a verb, adjective, or other adverb	1 answer
Modifies a verb, adjective, or another of its kind, often ending in -ly	1 answer
Word class describing how, when, or where something happens	1 answer
Truly, madly or deeply – grammatically	1 answer
It modifies in grammar	1 answer
"-ly" word, usually	1 answer
"Always" or "never," grammatically	1 answer
"How" word	1 answer
"Lolly, jolly" part of speech in a {/Schoolhouse Rock/} song	1 answer
"Slowly" or "surely"	1 answer
"Unanimously," for one	1 answer
Action describer	1 answer
Again or anew	1 answer
Always or never	1 answer
Always or sometimes, say	1 answer
Always, always	1 answer
It often ends in '-ly'	1 answer
Clause modifier	1 answer
Daily or weekly	1 answer
Either part of "too much"	1 answer
Grammatically, grammatically	1 answer
Gently or quietly, e.g.	1 answer
Figuratively, literally?	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

RTAEE

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with ADVERB (5)

She told him that he was “horribly Western,” but in this compliment the adverb was tinged with insincerity.

The American Henry James 1994

Busk, v.] Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; Ð with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Noah Webster 1995

Room 6, Ward School Nomber Seventh.” The first page of this book was purely academic; but the study of English undefiled terminated with a slight jar at the top of the second: “Nor must an adverb be used to modif----” Immediately followed: “HARoLD RAMoREZ THE RoADAGENT OR WiLD LiFE AMoNG THE ROCKY MTS.” And the subsequent entries in the book appeared to have little concern with Room 6, Ward School Nomber Seventh.

Penrod Booth Tarkington 2006

Suddenly--I fear I must use this adverb often, for all the happenings on that night were sudden--I saw a biggish animal break through the reeds on the far side.

Prester John John Buchan 1996

Thus the Secularist who is not a fool is forced to appeal to the child's vital impulse towards perfection, to the divine spark; and no resolution not to call this impulse an impulse of loyalty to the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost, or obedience to the Will of God, or any other standard theological term, can alter the fact that the Secularist has stepped outside Secularism and is educating the child religiously, even if he insists on repudiating that pious adverb and substituting the word metaphysically.

A Treatise on Parents and Children George Bernard Shaw 2006

Quotes with ADVERB (3)

Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down, winnow, chop, hack, prune, and trim, remove every superfluous word, compress, compress, compress... Actually, when you think about it, not many novels in the Spare tradition are terribly cheerful. Jokes you can usually pluck out whole, by the roots, so if you're doing some heavy-duty prose-weeding, they're the first to go. And there's some stuff about the whole wi…

Nick Hornby The Polysyllabic Spree

Not long ago, I advertised for perverse rules of grammar, along the lines of "Remember to never split an infinitive" and "The passive voice should never be used." The notion of making a mistake while laying down rules ("Thimk," "We Never Make Misteaks") is highly unoriginal, and it turns out that English teachers have been circulating lists of fumblerules for years. As owner of the world's largest collection, and with thanks to scores of readers, let me pass along a bunch of …

William Safire Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage

Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an adverb can be exactly what a sentence needs. They can add important intonation to dialogue, or subtly convey information.

Howard Mittelmark How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 53 times in crossword archives (1962–2025).