needless adverbs

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ACTUALLY
COMPLETELY
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QUITE
RATHER
REALLY
SEVERELY
SOMEWHAT
VERY

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.

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

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1D C O M P L E T E L Y
2Y E X T R E M E L Y #
3R L F # # # E # # S #
4E Y L I # # # T E # T
5H L # A N # # V I A #
6T L # # E I E # H U #
7A A # # V R T W # # Q
8R U # # E E E E # # #
9# T # L # M R # L # #
10# C Y # O # # Y # Y #
11# A B S O L U T E L Y
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  311e
ACTUALLY  211n
COMPLETELY  61e
DEFINITELY  66se
EXTREMELY  22e
QUITE  106nw
RATHER  18n
REALLY  67nw
SEVERELY  103sw
SOMEWHAT  411ne
VERY  57se