needless adverbs

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Eliminating needless adverbs streamlines your writing. Omitting these intensifiers makes you sound more credible and businesslike. See how many needless adverbs you can find.

Try to find all 11 words on this board.

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L Y P E T X Y Y N Y T
E L G V G L Q L L Y A
T E V K L U T E S L H
U M Z A I R T T E L W
L E E T G I B E V A E
O R E Q N T D L E U M
S T Z I Z D E P R T O
B X F C F S L M E C S
A E O W L P X O L A P
D F M V E R Y C Y O X
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Answer Key for needless adverbs

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1Y # # R A T H E R # #
2L Y # # # # Y Y # Y T
3E L # # # L Q L L Y A
4T E # # L U # E S L H
5U M # A I # T T E L W
6L E E T # I # E V A E
7O R E # N # # L E U M
8S T # I # # # P R T O
9B X F # # # # M E C S
10A E # # # # # O L A #
11D # # V E R Y C Y # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  17n
ACTUALLY  1010n
COMPLETELY  87n
DEFINITELY  66ne
EXTREMELY  210n
QUITE  64sw
RATHER  41e
REALLY  27ne
SEVERELY  94s
SOMEWHAT  119n
VERY  411e