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.

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

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1T C S Y L L A U T C A
2A Y O E # # # Q # # B
3H R L M V # # U # # S
4W # E E P E # I # # O
5E Y R H T L R T # # L
6M Y L # T I E E # # U
7O # # L # A N T L # T
8S # # # A # R I E Y E
9# # # # # E # # F L L
10# Y L E M E R T X E Y
11# # # # # # # # # # D
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  114s
ACTUALLY  111w
COMPLETELY  65se
DEFINITELY  66nw
EXTREMELY  1010w
QUITE  81s
RATHER  78nw
REALLY  710nw
SEVERELY  31se
SOMEWHAT  18n
VERY  53sw