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Raved about bachelor unduly perhaps (6)

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adverb

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'unduly perhaps' is the definition.
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'raved about bachelor' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bachelor' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'raved' anagrammed gives 'adver'.
'adver'+'b'='ADVERB'

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(Other definitions for adverb that I've seen before include "Action word qualifier" , "-ly word" , "Perhaps stupidly" , "Word such as "quickly"" , "twelve for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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