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

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1A C T U A L L Y # # #
2B Y # Y Y # # # # Y #
3S # L L # L # # # L Y
4O O # E # # L # # E L
5L R M T T # # A # M E
6U E V E # I # # E E R
7T H E L W # N # # R E
8E T R P # H # I # T V
9L A Y M # # A # F X E
10Y R # O # # # T # E S
11# # # C # E T I U Q D
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  14s
ACTUALLY  11e
COMPLETELY  47n
DEFINITELY  66nw
EXTREMELY  1010n
QUITE  911w
RATHER  210n
REALLY  107nw
SEVERELY  1110n
SOMEWHAT  13se
VERY  36s