"adverbise" meaning in English

See adverbise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: adverbises [present, singular, third-person], adverbising [participle, present], adverbised [participle, past], adverbised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} adverbise (third-person singular simple present adverbises, present participle adverbising, simple past and past participle adverbised)
  1. (transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is not, or had not been an adverb (especially an adjective) as if it were an adverb. Tags: colloquial, nonstandard, transitive Related terms: noun#Verb, verb#Verb
    Sense id: en-adverbise-en-verb-1XZ~1JJi

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for adverbise meaning in English (1.4kB)

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        "To use any word that is not, or had not been an adverb (especially an adjective) as if it were an adverb."
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        "(transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is not, or had not been an adverb (especially an adjective) as if it were an adverb."
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