adverb UK /ˈæd.vɜːb/US /ˈæd.vɜɹb/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. — 1844 •In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine. verb1 •(rare) To make into or become an adverb.Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb. — 1973 formsadverbed · adverbing · adverbs