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

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3O # # R # E # # F E #
4M # # # A # # I # T #
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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  71w
ACTUALLY  49e
COMPLETELY  711w
DEFINITELY  66sw
EXTREMELY  102w
QUITE  106n
RATHER  43se
REALLY  72sw
SEVERELY  1110w
SOMEWHAT  12s
VERY  28ne