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Say, rather badly: 'Bread vs rocks' (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adverbs

'say rather badly' is the definition.
('rather' and 'badly' are adverbs)

'bread vs rocks' is the wordplay.
'rocks' indicates an anagram.
'bread'+'vs'='breadvs'
'breadvs' with letters rearranged gives 'ADVERBS'.

(Other definitions for adverbs that I've seen before include "Parts of speech" , "quickly, perhaps" , "Modifying words" , "They qualify or modify other words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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