needless adverbs

ABSOLUTELY
ACTUALLY
COMPLETELY
DEFINITELY
EXTREMELY
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.

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

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Answer Key for needless adverbs

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	#	T	A	H	W	E	M	O	S	Y	D
2	R	A	T	H	E	R	#	E	L	E	A
3	E	#	#	Y	R	E	V	E	F	X	B
4	A	#	#	#	#	E	T	I	#	T	S
5	L	#	#	#	R	E	N	#	#	R	O
6	L	#	#	E	L	I	#	#	#	E	L
7	Y	#	L	P	T	E	#	#	#	M	U
8	#	Y	M	E	#	T	#	#	#	E	T
9	#	O	L	#	#	I	#	#	#	L	E
10	C	Y	L	L	A	U	T	C	A	Y	L
11	#	#	#	#	#	Q	#	#	#	#	Y

Word	X	Y	Direction
ABSOLUTELY	11	3	s
ACTUALLY	9	10	w
COMPLETELY	5	6	ne
DEFINITELY	6	6	sw
EXTREMELY	10	2	s
QUITE	6	10	n
RATHER	1	2	e
REALLY	1	2	s
SEVERELY	9	1	sw
SOMEWHAT	9	1	w
VERY	7	3	w