Can an adjective modify another adjective?

0By definition, no. Adverbs modify adjectives. Adjectives modify nouns (etc).02br
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0 Nope. Thanks for the help, Avangi. 0-

0 01u00Dark02u00 blue, 01u00bright02u00 yellow are among a small number of words that are adjectives that can be 01b00used 02b00in a way that makes them look like adverbs. My dictionary doesn't list either one as an adverb, so I think that the answer to your question is 'yes', in rare circumstances. There may be a term for th

0Thanks, Philip.0-

fx. in '...easy recognizable accent' is the easy modifying 'recognizable' or 'accent' . I gather, since adj. cannot modify another adj, it must be the latter, right?

Hi,
in '...easy recognizable accent' is the easy modifying 'recognizable' or 'accent' . I gather, since adj. cannot modify another adj, it must be the latter, right?
It doesn't make a lot of sense to describe an accent as 'easy'. What does that mean?

I think the person probably meant 'an easily recognizable accent'.

Clive

There are many words we hear frequently that defies the garmmar rules on adverbs and adjective.
i.e. The good-old days...
Bitter-sweet
A big juicy burger
He is a sloppy fat pig
The cold hard fact

The pink adjective in some way are enhencing the adjectives but not exactly functioning as adverbs. Perhaps they are used to produce an emphasing effect on the

An easily recognizable accent.
Easily is an adverb. Adverbs can modify adjectives.

no . adjectives modify nouns.

WHAAT ? adjectives can ONLY modiify nouns !