Modifier is a noun.
The word "selfishly" is an adverb because it can be used to modify verbs or adjectives.
A verb is modified by an adverb or an adverbial phrase.
An adjective can only modify a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. It cannot modify a verb, adverb, adjective, or other part of speech...or it would not be acting as an adjective.
Not sure if it is preposition or adverb. What does it modify?
"Spendthrift" is fundamentally a noun. Like many nouns, it can be used as a "substantive adjective" to modify other nouns, as in "spendthrift trust."
Gag answer: adverds Real answer: adverbs
when this and that are used to modify nouns they are treated as which part of speech
adjectives
nouns and pronouns.
Gag answer: adverds Real answer: adverbs
Adjacent is an adjective, so it modifies a noun.
The word "selfishly" is an adverb because it can be used to modify verbs or adjectives.
The part of speech that answers the question "what kind" is an adjective. Adjectives describe or modify nouns and pronouns by providing information about their qualities or characteristics.
"Bi" can function as a prefix in English, typically meaning "two" or "twice." It is not a standalone part of speech but a morpheme that can be added to words to modify their meaning.
A verb is modified by an adverb or an adverbial phrase.
An adverb can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
The word adverb is a noun. However, adverbs (the words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs) are their own part of speech.