a. and sb. [ad. L. adverbiāl-is (cf. mod. Fr. adverbial), f. adverbi-um: see prec. and -AL 1.]
A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of an adverb.
1611. Cotgr., À before an Adjective, sometimes makes it admit of an Adverbiall interpretation; as à droict, à tort; rightfully, wrongfully.
a. 1704. T. Brown (title), in Wks. (1730), I. 38. A bantering adverbial declamation, written by Mr. Brown.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Adverbial numbers are sometimes used to denote once, twice, thrice.
1873. R. Morris, Eng. Accid., xiv. § 311. In such phrases as ‘He went home,’ ‘They wandered north and south’ … home, north, south are adverbial accusatives. Ibid. In Elizabethan writers we find the adverbial -ly often omitted, as ‘grievous sick,’ ‘miserable poor.’
2. Given to the use of adverbs; fond of modifying, limiting or extending one’s statements. rare.
1710. Steele, Tatler, No. 191, ¶ 1. He is also wonderfully adverbial in his Expressions, and breaks off with a ‘perhaps.’
B. sb. [The adj. used absol.]
1591. Percivall, Span. Dict., B iij. The aduerbialls, vna vez, once, dos vezes, twise.
