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Adj. or adv.?

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00we say "dress warm". Is "dress warmly" correct? If "dress warm" is correct, explain why. 02br
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0 Dress in clothes which will keep you warm. You are warm (adjective) when you wear those clothes. 02br 02br 00Greet the guests warmly when they arrive at your party.

  • 0 Dress in clothes which will keep you warm.
  • You are warm (adjective) when you wear those clothes.
  • 02br 02br 00Greet the guests warmly when they arrive at your party.
  • " -- in a warm manner.
  • 02br 02br 00If you were to "dress warmly", you would do so feeling very gracious to yourself and your clothes!
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0 Dress in clothes which will keep you warm. You are warm (adjective) when you wear those clothes. 02br
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00Greet the guests warmly when they arrive at your party. The greeting is performed warmly (adverb) -- with a smile and a "Welcome!" -- in a warm manner. 02br
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00If you were to "dress warmly", you would do so feeling very gracious to yourself
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0 Hello JC 02br
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00I'm wondering if "dress warmly" always means "dress with warm gratitude". OED defines "warmly" as its first definition that it means "so as to be warm"; just the same as the adverb "warm". 02br
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00I googled "dressed warmly" and "dressed warm" and the result is: 7240 hits for the former and 707 hits for the latter. Do you think s
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0 Hi, Paco! 02br
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00I assure you I am not Jesus Christ (JC), but California Jim (CJ)! 02br
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00I'm amazed at your Google results. 02br
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00And the wearing of clothes to show kindness was tongue-in-cheek! 02br
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0 Jesus Christ!, I made a big mistake! I should have written CJ not JC. Sorry for the mistake. 02br
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00paco 0-
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0Don't be sorry. In many cultures, it constitutes a big promotion! 050010id1
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0 Hello CJ again 02br
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00The first example sentence given in the entry "warmly" in my E-J dictionary is "Dress warmly. It's cold outside". I guess this kind of phrase must be almost always alien to the place you are living. But which one do your people (Californians) say, "dress coolly" or "dress cool"? 02br
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0 re: "dress warm" or "dress warmly" 02br
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00Grammatically, "dress"(used in this expression) is a verb, so "warm" and "warmly" cannot be adjectives but adverbs. 02br
00If you were to ask the question, "How should I dress in this cold weather?", the answer(to me, anyway) would be:- 02br
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00a) "You should be WARMLY DRESSED" 02br
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0 Paco, 02br
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00On the contrary, December and January can be months when we sometimes need to dress warm(ly)! 02br
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00I've never heard "Dress cool" or "Dress coolly". Maybe "Dress in light clothes", "Wear light clothes". 02br
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0 Hi, 02br
00In my version of BrE and Canadian English, most educated people would say 'dress warmly'. 02br
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00Can we not perhaps think of it as meaning 'as you put on layer after layer, you are getting warmer', so that the adverb just modifies the verb in a straightforward way? 02br
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0 Here's a similar sentence example which I often hear native speakers use:- 02br
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00"Don't act STUPID/DUMB!" 02br
00-------Is "STUPID/DUMB" an adjective or an adverb? 02br
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00To me, 02br
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00a) if "Don't act stupid!" means "Don't act STUPIDLY!", then "stupid" is an adverb. 02br
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00b) if "

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