adverbial phrase

English

Examples
We ran as quickly as we could up the stairs. We ran to the top of the stairs.

adverbial phrase (plural adverbial phrases)

(grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.

type of phrase

Finnish: adverbilauseke, adverbiaalilauseke
French: locution adverbiale (fr) f
German: Adverbphrase (de) f, Adverbialphrase f, Adverbgruppe f, adverbiales Satzglied (de) n
Italian: locuzione avverbiale (it) f