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.

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

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2# Y # # Y # # # Y Y Y
3# # L # L L # # R L L
4S # T E E # L # E E L
5E R A Q T # # A V M A
6V E H # U I # # E E U
7E H W # L I N # # R T
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9E A M # S # # E F X A
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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  58n
ACTUALLY  119n
COMPLETELY  61e
DEFINITELY  66nw
EXTREMELY  1010n
QUITE  56se
RATHER  210n
REALLY  107nw
SEVERELY  14s
SOMEWHAT  311n
VERY  95n