 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...adjective ; and in the third, an adverb. In short, nothing but the sense can determine what they are. Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to...what must otherwise have required two or more: as, " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom ; " prudently," for with prudence ; " He did it here,"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1807 - 290 pages
...ww,j#-f-as, " Wisely, more wisely, most wisely." Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to espress compendiously in one word, what must otherwise have required two or more : as, " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom ; " prudently," for, with prudence ; " He did it here,"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 pages
...oftenest." Those ending in ly, are compared by more, and most: as, " Wisely, more wisely, most wisely." ADVERBS seem originally to have been contrived to express compendiously in one word, wliat must otherwise have required two or more: as, " He acted wisely," lor, he acted with wisdom ;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 330 pages
...ofteiiegt." Those ending in /?/, are compared by mare, and mast.; as, " Wisely, more wiselv, most wiselv." Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to...what must otherwise have required two or more : as, " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom ; " prudently," for, with prudence ; " He did it here,"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 346 pages
...ofteneft." Thofe ending in ly, are compared by more, and most: as, " Wifely, more wifely, moft wifely." Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to...word, what must otherwise have required two or more : asi " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom ; " prudently," for, with prudence; " He did it... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 352 pages
...or circumstance respecting it : as, " He reads well /' " A truly good man ;" " He writes very cor* Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to...one word, what must otherwise have required two or wore : as, " He acted wisely," for, he acted with wisdom ; " prudently," for, with prudence ; " he... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1812 - 334 pages
...firxHcntiwti, l3"c. Obs. 1. The Adverb is not an essential part of speech. It only serves to express shortly, in one word, what must otherwise have required two or more ; as, mifiicnter, v<isr)y, for cum sapientia ; hie, for in /ioc loco ; stinfier, for in omni temjwre ; seme!.,... | |
 | John Smith - 1812 - 216 pages
...ly are adverbs. 1'he adverb is not an essential part of speech. It only serves to express concisely, in one word, what must otherwise have required two or more ; as sapienter, -wisely, for cum safiaitiA ; hie, here, for it. in loco i semper, al-wayt. for in omni scmpore... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 292 pages
...oftenest." — Those ending in ly, are compared by more, and most : as, " Wisely, more wisely, most wisely." Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to express compendiously in one WOT!, what must otherwise have required two or more : as, " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom;... | |
 | James Ross - 1818 - 194 pages
...Tenâcïtër, tenâcïus, tenacissimë, firmly. Utïlïtër, utilius, utilîssimë, profitably. 1. Adverbs express compendiously in one word, what must otherwise have required two or more i as, hie, for hoc loco ,• temper, for omni temporë. 2. ttinc, alihinc, inde,unde, are sometimes... | |
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Adverbs seem originally to have been contrived to express compendiously in one word, what must otherwise have required two or more : as, " He acted wisely," for he acted with wisdom ; "prudently," for, with prudence; 
