102k views
3 votes
Which word in the sentence is an adverb?

The Olympic wrestlers stood and stretched their arms briefly.
a. stood
b. briefly
c. their
d. Olympic

User Frabiacca
by
8.7k points

1 Answer

3 votes
"briefly" is the adverb: it gives the information about how some action was performed, and adverbs modify verbs to give some information about how the action is performed.

Also, -ly is a typical adverb ending.
User Sowbug
by
9.0k points