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.

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

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1S Y # T A H W E M O S
2E Y L R A T H E R Y C
3V L # E # # # # L O #
4E E # A T # # E M # #
5R M # L # U T P # # #
6E E # L # I L # # # #
7L R # Y N E # O # # E
8Y T # I T # # # S T #
9# X F E # # # # I B #
10# E L Y L L A U T C A
11D Y Y R E V Q # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  87nw
ACTUALLY  1110w
COMPLETELY  76sw
DEFINITELY  66ne
EXTREMELY  210n
QUITE  810ne
RATHER  42e
REALLY  42s
SEVERELY  11s
SOMEWHAT  111w
VERY  611w