Recently, I mentioned in a column that adverbs aren't just those "ly" words that modify verbs. A Word, Please: See if your adverbial is a member of the adverb club - Los Angeles Times ...

An adverbial can be any word, phrase or clause that modifies either a verb, an adjective or a complete sentence to convey this information. In other words, adverbials aren’t necessarily adverbs.

Inside the house (An adverbial) Making a chair with bamboo (A phrase with a gerund) On the other hand, a clause is an expression/a group of words with a subject and a predicate.

An adverb tells you how something happens, like quickly and slowly. Find out more including adverbs examples in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.

The phrase as fast as a lightning does the function of an adverb, describing how the dog ran and it is an adverbial phrase. So, add the phrase and make your sentences go ZING! POP!

A fronted adverbial is when the adverbial word or phrase is moved to the front of the sentence, before the verb. Earlier today, I discovered fronted adverbials.

But it turns out bigly is a word, says lexicographer and Merriam-Webster editor Kory Stamper."Bigly is, in fact, an adverb," she says. "It's just a really rare adverb that doesn't have much use ...