Question

The boy sat close to his friend. "Close" in this sentence is a/an:

Answer 1

Answer: close adjective, adverb, close also means near

Answer 2

Answer:

The word close registers as an adverb.

Explanation:

As adverbs can modify verbs -which ’close’ does to ‘sat’- any word that can specify location/placement, will be an adverb (for the most part).