Adjective or adverb?

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Look at this sentence. " I sat in a lovely comfortable armchair in the corner".

my book says "lovely comfortable" are two adjectives. i thought "lovely" should be adverb. if it is adjective, how would i know whether it is adjective or adverb in the future should such sentences appear again?

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

In standard English, "lovely" is never an adverb.

Avangi · Answer

kindaichi000 how would i know whether it is adjective or adverb

Where two modifiers precede a noun you need to ask whether the first one modifies the noun or modifies the second modifier.

a very bright light ("very" is an adverb, "bright" is an adjective)

a bright blue car (is the car bright or is the blue bright?) ("bright" is an adverb)

a very sick cat ("very" is an adverb, modifying "sick")

CalifJim · Answer

kindaichi000 i thought "lovely" should be adverb

No. Not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. You have to learn which -ly words are not adverbs.

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