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.

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

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1# # R A T H E R # # D
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3# # # Y # E # # F # Y
4S # R # A # # I # # L
5E E # L # # N # # # L
6V # L # # I # # # # A
7E Y # # T # # # # # U
8R # # E # Q U I T E T
9E Y L E T E L P M O C
10L Y L E T U L O S B A
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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  810w
ACTUALLY  1110n
COMPLETELY  79w
DEFINITELY  66sw
EXTREMELY  102w
QUITE  78e
RATHER  31e
REALLY  72sw
SEVERELY  14s
SOMEWHAT  911w
VERY  16ne