Both the time it will take for a drug to be effective, and the time it will take for it to leave the body completely, depend on a drug's half-life. The half-life is the amount of time necessary for the concentration of the drug in the bloodstream of the body to be reduced by one-half. The time it will take for a drug to reach a steady state, or full effectiveness, in the system is based on that half-life.
Definition. An adverb is the part of speech (or word class) that's primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. Adverbs can also modify prepositional phrases, subordinate clauses, and complete sentences. Adjective: adverbial. Positions of an Adverb.
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Example: He slowly walked to the store. (The underlined word is walked, and it is a verb. The italicized word is slowly, and it is the adverb that describes how he walked.). Example: Jenny is clearly annoyed.