English
Etymology
From adverb + -like.
Adjective
adverblike (comparative more adverblike, superlative most adverblike)
- Resembling or characteristic of an adverb.
2008 June, Joachim Lambek, “The syntax-semantics interface and the origins of philosophy.”, in McGill University[1]:In addition to naked adverbs, we also have adverblike phrases: prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses.