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adverbize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈæd.vɝˌbaɪz/ (US)
• /ˈæd.vɜːˌbaɪz/ (UK)
• ăd′-vər-bīz′
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Etymology

From adverb + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To convert to an adverb.
   • Furthermore, the way in which Mantra takes two nouns, “máscara” and “luchador” and adverbizes or adjectivizes them suggests a subjectivity based on process rather than location. 2010, J. Brown, Cyborgs in Latin America, Springer, →ISBN:
   • The poultry industry has shown rapid, solid growth during the past few years not only commercially but also "fancierly" — if I may adverbize the noun fancier. 1947, New England Poultry Review:
   • As for eschewing modifiers, he encourages writers to adjectivize and adverbize inventively, and even to concoct neologisms, or made-up words. 2007, Iowa Alumni Magazine:

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