adverb of degree

an adverb which the author may set before a quantifying limiting adjective to show the degree, ¶15-3-3; certain a. o. d. may pronominalize: enough, less, and more; the a. o. d. may itself be modified by an adverb of extent, which may take the form of another a. of d.; the clause of comparison, which complements the comparative form of an adjective, is in construction with the a. o. d. to form (with any adverb of extent) an adverb phrase of degree; similarly the result clause complements so