Find adverb

Flag likely adverbs and adverbial candidates for editorial review.

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ToolAdverb Finder
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How it works

Tokens are matched against an adverb lexicon and common suffix patterns, then reported with sentence positions for editorial review. The heuristic distinguishes neither every adverbial phrase nor every word ending in -ly without syntactic context.

  • Lexicon-plus-suffix matching is fast but reports candidates rather than certainty.

Worked example

A sentence with two adverbs
Both adverbs sit next to a generic verb
Input
											She quickly walked away and smiled happily at the ugly dog.
Output
												"quickly" - adverb at character 4
"quickly walked" - weak verb pair at character 4
"smiled happily" - weak verb pair at character 28
"happily" - adverb at character 35

When to use this

Prose editing, parts-of-speech lessons, and style reviews flag adverbs.

Edge cases

  • Friendly is an adjective despite ending in -ly.
  • Fast can be an adverb without an -ly suffix.
  • An adverbial phrase such as in the morning is not one token.