The definition of an adverb is a part of speech that provides a greater description to a verb, adjective, another adverb, a phrase, a clause or a sentence.
(noun)Beautifully, quickly and happily are each an example of an adverb.
See adverb in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME adverbe < L adverbium < ad-, to + verbum, a word
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noun Abbr. adv.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English adverbe
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin adverbium (translation of Greek epirrhēma)
Origin: : ad-, in relation to; see ad-
Origin: + verbum, word, verb; see wer-5 in Indo-European roots
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