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May I ask about the construction of this sentence?

金欠で久しくスタバに行けてないけど・・・

I know the meaning is along the lines of ...but I don't have any money and can't go to Starbucks."

I understand スタバにいけてないけど.

What I'm not sure I understand is the construction of 久しくスタバ. Is the adverbial form of 久しい used in the same way as the て form when multiple verbs are listed? In other words, is 久しく essentially "for a long time, and..."?

Thank you for your help!

jeelbear
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久しく adverbally modifies 行けていない. I scrambled it back into a more common position here:

金欠で　　　　　　スタバに　　　久しく　行けていない　　　　　　　　けど
out-of-money-SO　starbucks-TO　a-while　go-POTENTIAL-TEIRU-NOT　but

"Uh, I've been out of money, so I haven't been able to go to starbucks for a while."

Darius Jahandarie
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