"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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      "id": "en-modal_adverb-en-noun-udttI~au",
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          "grammar",
          "grammar"
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        [
          "qualifies",
          "qualify"
        ],
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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",
          "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
          "word": "語氣副詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǔqì fùcí",
          "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
          "word": "语气副词"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
          "word": "modaaliadverbi"
        }
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  "word": "modal adverb"
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      "word": "hedge"
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    {
      "word": "modality"
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        "(grammar) An adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true."
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        "human-sciences",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
      "word": "語氣副詞"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔqì fùcí",
      "sense": "adverb that qualifies a predicate",
      "word": "语气副词"
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