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submodifier

sub mod i fi er |səbˈmädəˌfīər səbˈmɑdəfaɪər | noun Grammar an adverb used in front of an adjective or another adverb to modify its meaning, for example very in very cold or unusually in an unusually large house . DERIVATIVES sub mod i fi ca tion |səbˌmädəfiˈkāSHən |noun, sub mod i fy |-ˌfī |verb

 

Oxford Dictionary

submodifier

sub |modi ¦fier noun Grammar an adverb used in front of an adjective or another adverb to modify its meaning, for example very in very cold or unusually in an unusually large house . DERIVATIVES submodification noun, submodify verb ( submodifies, submodifying, submodified )