Adverb/adjective?

In the following sentence, please tell me what "functional" is.
The boat still looked functional to Tom.

Thanks for your help!

Hi
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It's an adjective.
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mate an adverb has ly at the end usually.

for example, slowly or swiftly

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Originally Posted by pjanko

In the following sentence, please tell me what "functional" is.
The boat still looked functional to Tom.

Thanks for your help!

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You might be confused because "looked" is a linking verb in that case. Many of the sensing verbs can be linking verbs in certain uses.

In this case, the verb "links" the adjective "functional" to the subject "boat".