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.

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

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2Y Y O E # # # # R # Q
3L # L M V # # E # # U
4E # # E P E A # # # I
5T # R # T L R # # # T
6U Y # # L I E E # # E
7L # # Y # # N T L # #
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9S O M E W H A T F L #
10B Y L E M E R T X E Y
11A C T U A L L Y # # D
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  18n
ACTUALLY  111e
COMPLETELY  45se
DEFINITELY  66nw
EXTREMELY  1010w
QUITE  113s
RATHER  78w
REALLY  92sw
SEVERELY  31se
SOMEWHAT  19e
VERY  53sw