"modal adverb" meaning in English

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        "An adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true."
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          "qualifies",
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        "(grammar) An adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hedge"
        },
        {
          "word": "modality"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǔqì fùcí",
          "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
          "word": "語氣副詞 /语气副词"
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          "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
          "word": "modaaliadverbi"
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  "word": "modal adverb"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "(grammar) An adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true."
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔqì fùcí",
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