manner adverbial

8.6

A word that shows how someone does something, like quickly or quietly

noun

Specialized

: adverbio de modo

In the phrase 'He ran quickly,' the word 'quickly' is a manner adverbial describing how he ran.

Examples

In the sentence 'She spoke quietly,' 'quietly' functions as a manner adverbial.
Common manner adverbials include words like quickly, carefully, or silently.
When using a manner adverbial, it often comes immediately after the verb.
She spoke with a manner adverbial that conveyed confidence.
The teacher explained the concept of a manner adverbial clearly.
Many writers use manner adverbials to add detail to their sentences.
A manner adverbial tells us how an action is performed, as in 'She painted carefully.'

Synonyms

adverb of manner

vsmanner adverbial

5.1

A word that tells how someone does something, like quickly or softly

is the technical grammatical term used for that same function

Surface Forms

manner adverbial singular

manner adverbials plural

Morphology

manner + adverbial

The phrase is directly compositional: 'manner' (the way something is done) modifies 'adverbial' (a modifier of verbs/clauses), so the combined meaning ('an adverbial expressing manner') follows straightforwardly from the constituents. This is a standard, cross-linguistically common descriptive construction and would be comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Manner adverbial is made of two parts: manner (the 'way' something is done) and adverbial (a word or small phrase that tells how an action happens). So, words like 'quickly', 'carefully', or 'silently' are manner adverbials because they show the 'way' a verb is done.