adverbial group
nounUK /ədˈvɜːbiəl ɡruːp/
US /ədˈvɜːrbiəl ɡruːp/
A group of words that works together like an adverb to tell how, when, or where something happens.
In the sentence 'She ran very quickly to the park,' the phrase 'very quickly' is an adverbial group.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A phrase that functions as an adjunct in a clause, giving extra information about the action.
'After the game' in 'We celebrated after the game' is an adverbial group of time.
3. A syntactic unit headed by an adverb and possibly including modifiers or complements.
'Quite unexpectedly' in 'Quite unexpectedly, it snowed' is an adverbial group.
4. In some grammars, a group of words centered on an adverb that can be replaced by a single adverb.
'With great care' can replace the adverb 'carefully' as an adverbial group.