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.
Now that you have the tune stuck in your head, keep reading to brush up on adverbs via the handy list of adverbs. An adverb is a modifying part of speech. It describes verbs, other adverbs, adjectives, and phrases. They are used to describe how, where, when, how often and why something happens.Here are a few examples: Verb-The cat climbed quickly up the tree.dverb-Mike worked very carefully on his paper. (very shows how carefully he worked) Adjective-She is nearly ready to go. (nearly tells to what extent she is ready). Adverbs of manner describe how something happens. Where there are two or more verbs in a sentence, adverb placement affects the meaning.