Studying for the test took less time than manuel had imagined.
a.
the word “less” is an adjective that tells how much.

b.
the word “less” is an adverb that tells in what way.

c.
the word “less” is an adjective that tells what kind.

d.
the word “less” is an adverb that tells to what extent.

true. the definition explains it: a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. this is a dictionary definition that i have looked up in a dictionary.

ich statement best shows a problem in travels with charley?

one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.

this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.

i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.

with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.