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ESCRIPTIVE ENGLISH is English that you need in order to de-
scribe a person, thing, event or situation — that is, to say what
they’re like or what happened, by giving details.
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If you want to become good at this kind of English, you have to have a
practical command of the frequently occurring adverb + verb combina-
tions and adverb + adjective combinations.
Descriptive
This book is intended to help you achieve this practical command.
The head-entries in this first-of-its-kind thesaurus are all adverbs. Yes,
adverbs. Under each adverb-headword, you’ll find – grouped sepa-
rately – the verbs and adjectives that conventionally occur with that
English
adverb.
So with this unique thesaurus to hand, you can’t be at a loss to decide
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what verbs and adjectives normally go with a given adverb.

Every day, look up a few adverb-headwords. Browse through the verbs
and adjectives listed under each. Each adverb, together with the verbs
and adjectives listed under it, would build up a network of associa-
tions in your mind. This will help you achieve a good command not
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ber this: The most effective way of mastering adverbs is through the
verbs and adjectives they tend to occur with. First Edition
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Thesaurus of
Descriptive
English
“For great fluency in descriptive English:
World’s first adverbwise compilation
of verbs and adjectives that often
occur with the adverb headwords.”
First Edition
Prof. Kev Nair
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THESAURUS OF Descriptive english

First published in 2008.
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Contents
Preface, 7
Abbreviations, 9
Introduction, 11
Thesaurus, 45
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Preface
Descriptive English is English that you need when you want to de-
scribe a person, thing, event or situation — that is, to say what they’re
like or what happened, by giving details.
If you want to become good at this kind of English, you have to have
a practical command of the frequently occurring adverb + verb combi-
nations and adverb + adjective combinations.
This book is intended to help you achieve this practical command.
This book is a compilation of verbs and adjectives that often occur
with a given adverb. Yes, this is an adverbwise compilation of verbs
and adjectives. You’ll find these verbs and adjectives grouped
separately under head-entries that are adverbs.
The Introduction tells you, in detail, what an adverb is and in what
positions in a clause adverbs tend to occur normally – in speech
and writing – and why a practical mastery of adverbs and of their
collocations is important for achieving great fluency in descriptive
English.
Please go through the Introduction before you start making use of this
book. And do come back to it again and again.
I record my thanks to the publisher.
Do you have any suggestions, comments or criticisms? I would like
to hear from you. Please do write to me (care of the Adult Faculties
Council).
KEV Nair
Kochi, 2008.
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Abbreviations
infml informal
sb somebody
sth something
sw somewhere
AAA Most frequent among adverbs of Maximum
General Utility.
AA Adverbs of Maximum General Utility:
Less frequent than AAA-adverbs.
A Adverbs of Maximum General Utility:
Less frequent than AA-adverbs.
BBB Adverbs of Near Maximum Utility:
Less frequent than A-adverbs.
BB Adverbs of Near Maximum Utility:
Less frequent than BBB-adverbs.
B Adverbs of Near Maximum Utility:
Less frequent than BB-adverbs.
CC Adverbs of Advanced General Utility:
Less frequent than B-adverbs.
C Adverbs of Advanced General Utility:
Less frequent than CC-adverbs.
D Other Useful adverbs.
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Introduction
How adverbs work

This is a reference book that can help you find out what verbs or
adjectives normally go with a given adverb.
In theory, several adverbs can be thought of as possible modifiers
of an adjective or verb, and so in theory, several adverb + adjective or
adverb + verb combinations are possible. But mind you, not all of them
would be acceptable combinations. That is, native speakers of English
wouldn’t consider them all as ‘normal’ and so wouldn’t normally use
them all in speech or writing. And they would find it quite odd if, when
you speak to them or write to them, you use combinations that they
consider unacceptable.
For example, take the adverb extremely. Can you use it to modify
useless? That is, is the term extremely useless an acceptable combination?
The answer is No. The adverb extremely does not normally occur
together with useless. So if you use the combination extremely useless
in your speech or writing, you’re likely to sound unEnglish. Then what
are the adjectives (and verbs) that can acceptably be modified by
the adverb extremely? Just look up the headword extremely in this
thesaurus, and you’ll get the answer.
In other words, this book helps you find acceptable adverbs that can
go with your adjectives and verbs. That is, this is primarily a book that
covers acceptable word combinations of two types: adverb + adjective
and adverb + verb. These are combinations that occur quite frequently
in speech and writing — more frequently than can be expected to
happen by chance. The technical name for word combinations like
these is collocations.
Now when you look up an adverb-headword and go through the
verbs and adjectives listed under that adverb, here’s one question that
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can come up your mind: Should I use the adverb before the adjectives
/verbs or after them?
At the outset, understand that, in actual practice, this is not a
difficult issue at all. First of all, you don’t need to learn by heart what
adverbs tend to occur in the initial position (in a clause), what adverbs
tend to occur in the medial position (in a clause) and what adverbs
tend to occur in the end position (in a clause). Generally speaking,
if you know what adverbs tend to collocate – occur together – with a
particular adjective or verb, that knowledge as well as your general
grounding in grammar and syntax would help you use the adverbs in
the appropriate position.
Secondly, as far as the adjectives listed under an adverb-headword
are concerned, you should use them all after the adverb concerned.
There are only two exceptions worth considering: The adverbs enough
and indeed.
The first of these two adverbs, enough, always occur after the
adjective concerned.
E.g. bad enough, big enough, deep enough, difficult enough, good
enough, hard enough, hot enough, large enough, lucky enough,
warm enough, wise enough.
The second adverb, indeed, is normally used after an adjective
(though it can also be used before the adjective):
E.g. good indeed, loud indeed, poor indeed, rare indeed, rich indeed.
Thirdly, as far as the verbs listed under an adverb-headword are
concerned, here is what you must understand: An adverb-headword
can often function not only as a modifier adverb for the verbs listed
under it, but also as the Adverbial elements in a clause, and so normally,
the syntax of the clause – and the grammar and usage governing the
individual words in the clause – would decide for you the position of
the adverb in the clause. In addition, there are a few simple conventions
that can help you make up your mind in difficult situations. (I’ll tell you
about them later).
What I want you to stress at the outset is this: The position of an
adverb (in relation to a verb, adjective, etc.) is not really what causes
difficulty for foreign learners of English. The real difficulty for them
is collocational. Yes, collocational. That is, the real difficulty happens
if they do not know what adjective or verb can go together with what
adverb — and vice versa.
This book is intended to help you get over this difficulty.
Now how important is it to achieve a practical mastery of
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adverbs? The answer is this: A practical mastery of adverbs is very
important not only for fluency in content-intensive English, but also
for fluency in everyday English. As you know, there are four types of
content (or lexical) words: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. As
far as adjectives are concerned, they play a greater role in content-
intensive English (spoken and written) than in everyday English. But
as far as verbs are concerned, they play a key role both in content-
intensive English (spoken and written) as well as in everyday English
(spoken and written). In fact, while you need a good command of both
adjectives and adverbs for a high degree of fluency in spoken as well as
written English, adjectives are more frequent in written English than in
spoken English, and adverbs are more frequent in spoken English than
in written English.
So here’s something I want you to understand: If you’re a person
who won’t be satisfied with average fluency, that too, in everyday
conversation alone, but would like to acquire a high degree of fluency
over a wide variety of topics, a clear idea of the syntactic and semantic
functions of adverbs would be a big help. And of course, it goes without
saying that you should have a clear idea of the possible positions of an
adverb within a clause or phrase — and outside them.
So let’s go ahead and take a detailed look at adverbs. What you’re
going to get below is a comprehensive study on adverbs.
Syntactic function
First of all, what is an adverb? Now don’t get me wrong. My intention
is not to get you bogged down in a lot of grammatical details or
technical terms. To become reasonably fluent in English, it is not at
all necessary that you must be able to define an adverb precisely —
or that you must be able to say whether a given word is an adverb,
and if it is, what category of adverbs it belongs to. But if you have
some practical knowledge of what an adverb is and what its role is in
speech and writing, that would certainly help, especially to achieve a
high degree of fluency — particularly in written English.
So when you go through what I’m going to say about adverbs, do
keep this in mind: You don’t have to learn all the minute details or
memorize the technical terms as thoroughly as a student preparing for
an examination. Just concentrate on the main concepts, and don’t get
caught up with the details. The details are important only to the extent
that they help you grasp the main concepts. So here we go:
Grammatically, an adverb is a word that can perform one of the
two following syntactic functions:
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1). Function 1: Acting as a pure modifier

An adverb can act as a pure modifier — without being an Adverbial
element in a clause. (If you don’t know the difference between the
terms adverb and adverbial, don’t worry. We’ll take up this point a little
later)1. An adverb can perform the function of being a pure modifier in
the following ways:
(i) An adverb can pre-modify an adjective

That is, it can add to or restrict or minimize the meaning of an adjective.
For example, just take a look at these clauses:
He is extremely bold.
He is an extremely bold person.
An extremely interesting thing happened yesterday.
He has done an extremely good job.
In these four examples, extremely is an adverb. In the first and second
examples, it modifies the adjective ‘bold’. In the third example, it
modifies the adjective ‘interesting’. In the fourth example, it modifies
the adjective ‘good’.
(ii) An adverb can pre-modify another adverb

Here what the modifier adverb does is to intensify or downtone the
meaning of the other adverb. For example, just take a look at this
clause:
You should treat her very (= modifier adverb) kindly.
He did the job really (= modifier adverb) well.
She does this quite (= modifier adverb) often.
He explained everything fairly (= modifier adverb) clearly.
Here very, really, quite and fairly are adverbs, and they modify the
other adverbs ‘kindly’, ‘well’, ‘often’ and ‘clearly’ respectively. The
combinations ‘very kindly’, ‘really well’, ‘quite often’ and ‘fairly clearly’
are multi-word adverb phrases.
Here’s an important point you can note here: All modifier adverbs
occur before the modified one — except for the modifier adverbs
enough and indeed. Enough and indeed occur after the other adverbs
they modify:
He speaks fluently enough. He did it cleverly indeed.
funnily enough, interestingly enough, oddly enough, promisingly
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See the topic “Adverbs and adverbials” a few pages below.
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enough, strangely enough.
Note: Adverbs that modify other adverbs are conventionally known as
adverbs of degree.
(iii) A small set of adverbs can modify even nouns,

pronouns, etc.
(a) Some adverbs often premodify noun phrases:
E.g. That is quite a problem.
That was rather a good story.
He was really a coward.
He is still their favourite writer.
(b) Some adverbs of time and place postmodify

noun phrases:
E.g. the discussion yesterday, the meeting tomorrow, the weather
there, the people here, a trip abroad, the way ahead, the
development afterwards.
(c) Some adverbs can premodify as well as

postmodify:
E.g. the above statement, the statement above, the upstairs window,
the window upstairs, the downstairs tenants, the tenants
downstairs.
(d) The adverbs after, away, down, home, inside, then,

up and worldwide can occur before nouns:
E.g. the then government, the up train, the down train, an away
game/match, a home game/match, inside information, worldwide
sales.
(iv) The adverbs right, well and directly often modify

prepositions/prepositional phrases:
E.g. They left right after you.
He was well ahead of the other runners.
These students have got well beyond that stage.
They live directly above.
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(v) The adverb right often modifies particles in phrasal

verbs:
E.g. They called the strike right off.
(vi) Intensifier adverbs and downtoner adverbs:

They also often modify pronouns, pre-determiners, numerals and
measurements:
E.g. practically everybody, almost nobody, almost nothing, nearly
everything.
about 3 kilometres, roughly two-thirds of the profits.
2). Function 2: Acting as the Adverbial

An adverb can act as the Adverbial element in a clause. An adverb can
do this in two ways:
(i) By modifying the Verb element in the clause

That is, an adverb can act as the Adverbial element by adding to or
restricting or minimizing the meaning of the verb. For example, just
take a look at these clauses:
This (= S) happened (= V) yesterday (= A)2.
They (=S) decide (=V) these matters (=O) locally (= A).
You (= S) should aim (= V) high (= A).
You (= S) should treat (= V) her (= O) kindly (= A).
They (= S) helped (= V) us (= O) willingly (= A).
In these examples, yesterday, locally, high, kindly and willingly are
adverbs (acting as the Adverbial element in the clause), and they modify
the verbs ‘happened’, ‘decide’, ‘aim’, ‘treat’, and ‘helped’ respectively.
Adjuncts and Subjuncts

Adverbs that modify verbs are classified, according to their grammatical
roles, as Adjuncts and Subjuncts. (Remember this: To become fluent in
English – even to a high degree – it is not essential that you should be
able to categorize an adverb as an adjunct or subjunct. Just understand
that adverbs that modify the verb element within a clause can be
of two types. And have an understanding of the difference in their
functions).
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S = Subject element; V = Verb element; O = Object element; C = Complement ele-
ment.
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Essentially, adjuncts are adverbials that modify verbs by adding
circumstantial details to them, such as, details of time, place, manner,
etc. And so they have to do with the core proposition in a clause. In
the examples given above, the adverbs yesterday, locally, kindly, locally,
high and willingly are adjunct adverbs.
Subjuncts also modify verbs, but what they do while modifying
verbs is not entirely to add circumstantial details to the main proposition
but to add to the intensity or force of the verbs (or to soften their
meaning). And subjuncts are less integrated into the clause structure
than adjuncts, and so have a subordinate role in the clause as compared
to an adjunct.
E.g. When did the programme (= S) really (= A) start (= V)?
They (= S) have greatly (= A) improved (= V) their performance
(= O).
By allowing themselves to be shifted from the end-position in
the clause to the medial or initial position, they can spotlight or draw
special attention to a particular unit in the clause (such as the Verb
alone or the Verb and what follows it or even the Subject).
ii). By relating to the whole clause

Conjuncts and Disjuncts
Some adverbs can act as the Adverbial element by remaining
syntactically detached from the clause structure (without becoming a
built-in element within the clause). These adverbs remain peripheral to
the clause structure, and they relate to the whole clause, rather than to
an element or part alone (like adjuncts and subjuncts). They’re of two
types: Disjuncts and Conjuncts. (Remember this: To become fluent in
English – even to a high degree – it is not essential that you should be
able to categorize an adverb as a disjunct or conjunct. Just understand
that some adverbs stand outside the clause structure and “modify” the
whole clause, and not just the verb element within that clause, and that
they can be of two types. And have an understanding of the difference
in their functions).
Let me explain: While adjuncts and subjuncts have to do with the
elements within the clause, disjuncts and conjuncts have to do with
the clause as a whole. And while adjuncts are, to a great extent, and
subjuncts are, to some extent, integrated within the clause structure,
disjuncts and conjuncts are syntactically far more detached from the
clause structure.
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Disjuncts relate to a whole clause, by expressing a judgemental

comment on its form or on its content. Here are a few examples. The
words in italics are disjuncts adverbs:
E.g. Confidentially, I don’t agree with what they’re doing.
Obviously, they need to adopt another approach.
As for conjuncts, they relate to the whole clause by acting as logical
connectors that ‘conjoin’ that clause to the preceding clause or to a
group of preceding clauses. Here are a few examples. The words in
italics are conjuncts adverbs:
E.g. The cost of production has gone up almost two-fold. Similarly,
the operating costs have also increased.
They’re likely to invite competitive tenders. Alternatively, they
may even negotiate a short-term contract with the approved
contractors.
Why do you want to get his opinion? Admittedly, he’s not an
expert.
As disjuncts and conjuncts are adverbials that relate to a clause
as a whole, rather than to a part alone of a clause (as adjuncts and
subjuncts usually do), disjuncts and conjuncts are often called sentence
adverbials.3
Adverbs and adverbials

There’s an important point you should note here about the two syntactic
functions of adverbs — that is, about the function of adverbs as pure
modifiers and about their function as Adverbials.
When the grammatical function of an adverb is to act as a modifier
as at 1(i), (ii) and (iii), it does not act an element of the clause at
all. [Roughly speaking, it’s then only a sub-element within a phrase
— a phrase that acts as the C(omplement)-element or the S(ubject)-
element or the O(bject)-element.]
Take a close look at the four examples at 1(i) above. In these
examples, the function of the adverb is to modify an adjective. In
these examples, the adverb extremely is not an element of a clause,
but only a part within an element in the clause. Thus, in the first and
second examples, it’s a part within the C-elements: “extremely bold”
and “an extremely bold person” respectively. In the third example, it’s
only a part within the S-element: “An extremely interesting thing”.
And in the fourth example, it’s only a part within the O-element: “an
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Sometimes, Adjuncts can also relate to the whole sentence.
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extremely good job”. In these examples, extremely isn’t as full-fledged
an element of the clause structure as the C-element or the S-element
or the O-element.
On the other hand, when an adverb’s role is to modify a verb as at
2 above, the adverb is itself an element in the clause structure, and not
simply a part of one of the clause elements. An adverb is then as full-
fledged an element as the S-element, O-element, or C-element — and
is grammatically called the Adverbial element (A-element) or simply
the ‘Adverbial’. For example, take a close look at the examples at 2(i)
above. In these examples, the function of the adverb is to modify a
verb. In these examples, yesterday, locally, high, kindly and willingly are
full-fledged Adverbial elements — and not words within multi-word
phrases.
Now there’s an important point you should keep in mind: The
terms adverb and adverbial do not always refer to the same vocabulary
item. For most people, this is a source of confusion. The term adverb
refers to a “part of speech” — like noun, verb and adjective. But the
term adverbial refers not to a part of speech, but to the element in a
clause, that is, a “clause constituent” — like the subject and the object.
Of course, an adverb can function as an adverbial, but understand this:
An adverb does not always act as an adverbial. For example, when
it modifies an adjective, it isn’t an adverbial, but when it modifies a
verb, it is. And mind you, not all Adverbials are adverbs, either. Other
types of vocabulary items (other than adverbs) can also function as the
Adverbial element in a clause. Here are the various types of vocabulary
items that function as adverbials:
1). Prepositional phrases.
2). Single adverbs (that is, adverbs that are not modified by other
adverbs) and adverb phrases (that is, adverbs that are modified
by other adverbs).
3). Clauses (that is, adverbial clauses: clauses working inside
other clauses as adverbials):
(i) Finite clauses.
(ii) Non-finite clauses:
a). -ing clauses; b). -ed clauses; c). verbless clauses.
4). Noun phrases.
In fact, adverbs are not the most widely used adverbials, but
prepositional phrases are. Adverbs are only the next most frequently
used Adverbials. Adverbs occur as Adverbials only about 2/3rds of the
number of times that prepositional phrases do.
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Note: Adverbial clauses occur as Adverbials about 50% of the number

of times that adverbs do. (And out of Adverbial clauses, finite
clauses occur more than twice the number of times as non-finite
clauses in writing, and more than five times the number of times
as non-finite clauses in speech). Noun phrases, as Adverbials, are
not as frequent as clauses, but not rare. They occur as Adverbials
about 1/3rd of the number of times that clauses occur (as
Adverbials). Multi-word adverb phrases also occur as adverbials,
but they’re not very common. In fact, they’re the least frequent
types of vocabulary items used as the Adverbial element. They’re
only half as frequent as Noun-phrase adverbials. In the example,
‘He treated her very kindly’, very kindly is an adverbial phrase – a
multi-word adverb phrase – in which an adverb very modifies
another adverb kindly.
Types of adverbs
There are 3 types of adverbs:
Derivational adverbs
-ly adverbs formed from adjectives
Most adverbs are -ly adverbs. They’re words derived from corresponding
adjectives by adding the suffix -ly to those adjectives. Most adverbs of
manner and many adverbs of degree are -ly adverbs formed in this way.
Here are some examples of -ly adverbs of manner:
amicably, angrily, badly, calmly, clearly, dryly, easily, economically,
erratically, expertly, foolishly, frankly, frugally, gloomily, happily,
intelligently, loosely, markedly, non-chalantly, outrageously,
perfectly, primarily, publicly, quickly, reasonably, rudely, seriously,
shabbily, simply, slowly, spontaneously, studiously, surprisingly,
tightly, tragically, typically, wryly.
Here are some examples of -ly adverbs of degree:
absolutely, adequately, altogether, amazingly, awfully, badly,
barely, bitterly, carefully, completely, considerably, deeply,
drastically, dreadfully, enormously, entirely, exceedingly,
excessively, extensively, extraordinarily, extremely, fairly,
fantastically, fully, greatly, hardly, hugely, immensely, incredibly,
intensely, largely, moderately, nearly, noticeably, particularly,
partially, partly, perfectly, poorly, positively, powerfully, practically,
profoundly, purely, quite, radically, rather, raucously, really,
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reasonably, remarkably, scarcely, significantly, simply, slightly,
solely, soundly, strongly, sufficiently, supremely, surprisingly,
suspiciously, terribly, thoroughly, totally, tremendously, truly,
unbelievably, utterly, virtually, wholly, wonderfully.
-ly adverbs formed from other classes

(i) Don’t be under the impression that all -ly adverbs are words
derived from adjectives. In fact, there are some -ly adverbs that have
been derived from bases other than adjectives. Here are two such
groups of adverbs. They have been derived from nouns (and not from
adjectives):
(a) daily, fortnightly, hourly, monthly, quarterly, weekly, yearly.
(b) bodily, namely, partly, purposely.
Here is a -ly adverb derived from a phrase:
• matter-of-factly (informal).
And here is a group of -ly adverbs derived from the -ing form of verbs:
accordingly, exceedingly, jokingly, lovingly.
(ii) An interesting point about the -ly adverbs at (i) (a) above (that is,
time adverbs derived from nouns) is this: These -ly adverbs function as
adjectives also.
E.g. daily flights, fortnightly meetings, hourly news broadcast, monthly
newsletter, quarterly report, weekly wage, yearly pay-increase.
There are also other -ly words that can function both as adjectives
and adverbs. For example, the -ly word early is an adjective in the
phrase “early morning”, but an adverb in the clause “Don’t leave so
early”. Similarly, the -ly word likely is an adjective in the phrase “the
most likely cause”, but an adverb in the clause “They’ll most likely
accept the offer.” Here’s another example: deadly is an adjective in the
phrase “deadly poison”, but an adverb in the phrase “a deadly boring
novel”.
So remember this: Not all -ly words are adverbs, though most
are.
(iii) In fact, there are a few -ly words that cannot function as adverbs at
all, and can function only as adjectives. Most of these are -ly words that
have been derived from nouns. Here are some important examples:
beastly, brotherly, cowardly, earthly, friendly, gentlemanly,
heavenly, kindly, kingly, leisurely, lively (= life+ly), lovely, manly,
masterly, motherly, princely, queenly, scholarly, sisterly, soldierly,
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unearthly, unfriendly, unscholarly, unsoldierly, womanly.

Here are two -ly adjectives (not adverbs, but adjectives) that have not
been derived from any other part of speech, but are -ly words in their
original form: grisly, silly.
(iv) Then there are a few words that can be used both as adjectives and
as adverbs in the same form. Though they have the adverb form with
the -ly suffix also, they’re often used as adverbs without the -ly suffix
(especially, in informal situations). For example, take the adjective
dear. It has the adverb form dearly. But the form dear itself is often
used as an adverb. Here’s an example:
He ignored the warning, and that cost him dear(ly).
That’s just plain crazy.
Things are going fine.
Here are some other adjectives that are sometimes used as adverbs
also — in the same form (that is, without adding the -ly suffix, though
they can sometimes be used as adverbs by adding the -ly suffix also):
cheap, clean, clear, close, dead, deep, direct, easy, fair, false, fine,
firm, first, flat, free, full, high, large, last, light, loud, low, mighty,
quick, right, round, scarce, sharp, short, slow, soft, sound, strong,
sure, tight, wide, wrong.
E.g. buy cheap(ly), sell cheap(ly), breathe deep(ly), fly direct(ly)
to…, turn sharp(ly) right, speak louder/loudly, speak clear(ly),
come quick(ly).
There are two important points you should note here:
First, not all verbs (or adjectives) allow you to use these words
as adverbs without the -ly suffix. Some verbs need the -ly form of
adverbs. But some prefer the form without -ly. This is entirely a matter
of usage and convention, and not a matter of grammatical rules. (And
so it’s very important that you should pay special attention not only
to the grammar but also to the usage of these words — words that
can be used both as adjectives and as adverbs in the same form. Any
standard dictionary meant for advanced learner’s can help you here).
For example, “I understood it clear” is not acceptable, but “I understood
it clearly” (with the -ly form clearly) is. Here are a few more examples
of combinations which need -ly forms of adverbs (rather than the form
without -ly):
closely resemble something, firmly believe, complain loudly,
answer sharply, think highly of someone, clearly wrong, fairly
easy, finely balanced, flow smoothly, plainly visible.
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Second, though some words can be used as adverbs with or without
the -ly suffix, don’t be under the impression that the meaning they
convey when you use them without the -ly suffix is always the same as
the meaning they convey when you use them with the -ly suffix. That
is not so. Of course, some of these words do express the same meaning
whether you use them as adverbs with the -ly suffix or without the -ly
suffix:
E.g. buy cheap(ly), sell cheap(ly), breathe deep(ly), fly direct(ly)
to…, turn sharp(ly) right, speak louder/loudly, speak clear(ly),
come quick(ly).
But the meaning that some adverbs convey when you use them
without the -ly suffix is wholly different from the meaning they convey
when you use them with the -ly suffix. Here’s a list of these words:
hard, hardly; just, justly; late, lately; most, mostly; pretty, prettily.
(v) Lastly, there are some words that have only one form, and you can
use them as adverbs and as adjectives in that form. Here are some
examples:
early, fast, half, long, straight.
Other derivational adverbs

Don’t be under the impression that -ly adverbs are the only type of
adverbs derived from other words belonging to other word classes.
There are other types of derivational adverbs also. Here are a few
examples. You’ll find the suffixes (that are used to convert the words
into adverbs) given in italics):
• afterward(s), downward(s), earthward(s), forward(s),
heavenward(s), inward(s), onward(s), seaward(s), skyward(s),
southward(s), straightforward(s), upward(s).
• (eat) Indian-fashion, (move) spider-fashion, tiger-fashion.
• buffet-style, manager-style, cowboy-style, gangland-style.
• anticlockwise, clockwise, crabwise, crosswise, lengthwise,
likewise, otherwise.
• edgeways, lengthways, sideways, widthways.
• attitudewise, education-wise, healthwise, moneywise, plotwise,
weatherwise.
Note: This last category is a very productive category. Speakers and
writers frequently form a large number of very useful adverbs
by adding the suffix ‘-wise’ to nouns in this way — to suit their
communicative needs from time to time.
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Non-derivational adverbs
Some of the frequently-used adverbs are words that are not derived
from derivational affixes. These non-derivational adverbs belong to
two categories:
Simple adverbs
These are one-word adverbs. They are not words formed by combining
two or more words into a single one, but single-stem, affixless words.
Here are a few such simple adverbs:
as, back, but, either, else, ever, here, how, down, just, least, less,
more, most, near, no, not, off, often, only, out, perhaps, please,
quite, rather, round, seldom, so, some, soon, still, though, thus,
too, under, way, well, why, yes, yet.
Note: Mind you, many words that function as adverbs also function
as other parts of speech. For example, words like down, out, etc.
function not only as adverbs, but also as prepositions.
Compound adverbs
These too are one-word adverbs like simple adverbs. But unlike
simple adverbs, these are words that are combinations of two or more
individual words. Here are a few examples:
sometimes, somewhere, anywhere, downstairs, downtown,
everywhere, maybe, indoors, inside, outside, therefore, upstairs.
Relative frequency of Adverbials

Now, here’s an interesting contrast:
Simple adverbs, together with -ly adverbs, account for more
than 80% of the adverbs that are frequently used in speech as well as
writing. Compound adverbs account only for less than 20%. As far as
everyday speech is concerned, out of the above-mentioned 80% of the
occurrences of adverbs (accounted for by simple and -ly adverbs), 60%
are accounted for by simple adverbs and only about 20% of occurrences
are accounted for by -ly adverbs. But as far as content-intensive speech
is concerned, -ly adverbs occur almost as frequently as simple adverbs
(almost 1:1). And as far as serious writing (especially, academic
writing) is concerned, the balance swings the other way round: There,
-ly adverbs account for more than 50%, and simple adverbs account for
only less than 30%.
Now remember this: In this book, we’re only concerned about
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the role of adverbs in forming word clusters of the pattern adverb
+ adjective and adverb + verb (as well as adverb + verb). And these
adverbs are mostly -ly adverbs.
Position of adverbs
Adverbs modifying adjectives
When an adverb’s role is to modify an adjective (and not a verb), it
occurs within a phrase — within an adjective phrase or a noun phrase
(containing an adjective). In this role as a modifier of an adjective, it
is only a sub-element within a clause element, and is not itself a clause
element.
All adverbs that modify adjectives do so by pre-modifying them
— that is, by occurring before the adjective (and not after it). As I’ve
already told you, the only exceptions are the adverbs enough and
indeed.
E.g. extremely bold.
an extremely bold person.
An extremely interesting thing.
an extremely good job.
The adverbs enough and indeed however, postmodify adjectives by
occurring after the adjectives:
E.g. large enough, warm enough; loud indeed, poor indeed.
And about the adverb indeed, here’s a point you should take special
note of: It can occur either before an adjective or after it:
Their performance was great – indeed marvellous.
Their performance was great – marvellous indeed.
And here’s an important point about adverbs that modify other
adverbs: All adverbs that modify other adverbs, also do so by pre-
modifying them — that is, by occurring before the adverbs that are
being modified (and not after them). Here too, the only exceptions are
the adverbs enough and indeed.
E.g. perfectly well, extremely thoroughly, really badly, very carefully,
pretty well, quite frankly, strangely enough, oddly enough, stupidly
indeed.
Position of Adverbial adverbs

When an adverb’s role is to modify a verb, it is a full clause-element
(“Adverbial”) and, as explained earlier, not just a sub-element within
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a clause element. In this role as the modifier of the verb-element in a

clause, it is the Adverbial element itself.
Now there’s one thing you must understand about the role of an
Adverbial within a clause: An Adverbial is not always an obligatory
syntactic element in a clause in the way that the Verb element is (or
even in the way the Subject element is). Let me explain: Generally
speaking, a clause (that is, a finite clause) always needs the Verb
element, and almost always the Subject element. But most types of
clauses do not need an Adverbial for them to be syntactically complete.4
That is, grammatically, the Adverbial is obligatory only under certain
syntactic contexts. But what happens in practice is this: Very often, the
extra details that Adverbials can add are informationally important,
and so speakers and writers cannot omit adverbials even when they’re
syntactically unnecessary or redundant. Also Adverbials are an easy
means to add circumstantial details, such as details of place, time,
manner, etc. to the clauses they use. And so, even when they’re not
syntactically obligatory, fluent speakers and writers optionally add
Adverbials to their clauses. In fact, they do this quite freely. (And they
sometimes add not just one Adverbial, but two or three of Adverbials
in a row.)
But sometimes, an Adverbial is an obligatory syntactic element in a
clause. In their role as obligatory Adverbials, they occur after the Verb
element in the SVA structure and after the direct object in the SVOA
structure.
E.g. She (S) remained (V) upstairs (A).
He (S) took (V) them (O) inside (A).
But in their role as optional Adverbials, they’re often a mobile
element, and by using them in positions other than the end of the
clause, you can use them as a highlighting device, emphasizing device,
a focusing device, etc. That is, you can use them before or after the
other clause-elements, depending on what information you want to
highlight or emphasize and which clause-element you want to carry
the information focus. Sometimes, you might like to change the normal
position of an adverb, so you can give the proposition in the clause
a meaning that’s different from the meaning it would convey if it’s
allowed to go to its normal position. Here’s an example:
He didn’t do it deliberately. (Normal position of the adverb
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Only two types of clauses need an Adverbial for them to be syntactically complete.
These are the “S(ubject) + V(erb/Linking V)erb + A(dverbial)” clause and the
“S(ubject) + Verb + Direct O(bject) + A(dverbial)” clause in which the A-element
expresses locations and direction in space, location in time, etc.
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deliberately)
He deliberately didn’t do it. (Normal position changed. Changed
meaning: He didn’t do it, and that was deliberate).
He didn’t deliberately do it. (Normal position changed. Changed
meaning: He didn’t do it, but that was not deliberate).
In other words, the position of optional Adverbials in a clause is
quite flexible. Generally speaking, they have great freedom to occur in
two or three different positions within the clause. These positions are
the initial position, medial position and the end position.
End position
Broadly speaking, the normal position for an adverb is the end position
in a clause — especially, when the adverb expresses new and important
information. And this end position is the position that comes after all
the obligatory elements in the clause:
In a clause that has the Subject and Verb elements, but no Object
element, the end position is the position after the Verb, and this is the
normal position for an adverb in such a clause:
E.g. They (= S) were singing (= V) loudly (= A).
In a clause that not only has the Subject and Verb elements, but
also the Object element (= O), the end position is the position after the
Object, and this is the normal position for an adverb in such a clause:
E.g. He (= S) recognized (= V) her (= O) immediately (= A).
The adverbs that have the end position as their most preferred
position are adverbs of manner, place (distance, position, direction
and area) and time (time-when, duration and time-frequency). In fact,
adverbs occur about three times as frequently at the end position as
at the medial position. For adverbs of duration, the end position is the
most usual position.
As far as adverbs of degree are concerned, the medial position is
their preferred position, but if you’re trying to convey absolute intensity,
you should use most intensifying adverbs in the end position. In fact,
there are a few adverbs of degree that normally allow themselves to be
used only in the end position.
These adverbs of degree are: altogether, enormously, hard, outright,
somewhat, tremendously and well.
E.g. He has stopped smoking altogether.
Their influence has grown enormously.
She had to work hard.
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They rejected the proposal outright.

The economy has improved somewhat.
They all enjoyed themselves tremendously.
He speaks English well.
Medial position
Even when the normal position for an adverb is the end position,
you have the freedom to change its position to the medial position
(or even to the initial position) — provided, of course, that the clause
still remains syntactically acceptable. For example, if you want to draw
more attention to that adverb than it can get at the normal end position
or to intensify the normal meaning of the verb it modifies, you can
move it to the medial position (provided, of course, that the clause
would still remain syntactically acceptable).
Strictly speaking, the medial position is any position between the
first obligatory element (= Subject) and the last obligatory element
in a clause. But often, the medial position is the position between the
Subject element and the Verb element. Generally speaking, you’ll be
able to shift most one-word adverbs (simple as well as compound) to
the medial position for purposes of emphasis, focus and contrast.
Here are a few important medial positions:
a). Immediately before the lexical verb:

E.g. She (= S) often comes (= V) here.
He (= S) immediately recognized (= V) me.
She (= S) probably doesn’t like (= V) him.
I (= S) quite enjoy (=V) doing things like these.
He (= S) easily finished (= V) the job in an hour.
She (= S) certainly looked (= V) nice.
b) Between the operator and verb

Where there’s an operator (= the first or only auxiliary), a common
medial position is the position immediately between the operator and
the lexical verb:
E.g. Your (= S) boss would (= operator) really like (= V) the idea.
It (= S) may (= operator) probably take (= V) a few more days.
They (= S) are (= operator) still working (= V) on it.
c) Between two auxiliaries

When there are two auxiliaries, the adverb comes between the
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two auxiliaries (that is, after the operator and before the second
auxiliary):
He (= S) could (= operator) certainly have explained (= V) all
this before.
They (= S) will (= operator) soon be starting (= V) a company
of their own.
d) Before have to, etc.

When the main verb follows have to or used to or ought to, you should
use the adverb before them:
You simply have to do it.
He always used to laugh at her.
Follow the same convention for ought to also:
You really ought to try again.
Note: Of course, you can use the adverb between ought and to also,
but then you’d sound too formal.
e) After the verb

Occasionally, the medial position is the position immediately after the
lexical verb, but before the last obligatory element.
E.g. He explained (= S) carefully everything that we had to do.
Mind you, here’s something important you should note carefully:
An adverb doesn’t normally allow itself to be placed between a verb
and its object. No, it doesn’t. It normally occurs only in a position after
the object or in a position before the verb. So this medial position (after
the verb and before the object) is an exception. And note this: This
exception happens only when the object is a long noun phrase. And
the adverbs that go to this fifth medial position are generally manner
adverbs. In fact, when the object is a phrase that is long, you can often
shift it also to a position before the main verb:
E.g. He carefully explained (= S) everything that we had to do.
And here’s an interesting point about the medial position: When
you use an adverb at a medial position, it tends to express a shade
of modality (= the sense of certainty, possibility, probability, ability,
permission, necessity, intention and obligation) and degree (the idea
of greater or lesser intensity of an action than normal) — even if it’s an
adverb of time, manner, time, etc. and so isn’t normally used to express
modality or degree (but other relationships such as time, manner,
etc.)
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As far as adverbs of time-frequency are concerned, most of them

usually occur at the end-position. But most adverbs of indefinite time-
frequency among them (that is, adverbs indicating usual occurrences)
often go before the main verb, and so in the medial position. Here’s a
list of the most useful adverbs of indefinite frequency:
always, commonly, constantly, continually, continuously,
customarily, (hardly/scarcely) ever, frequently, habitually,
generally, incessantly, infrequently, irregularly, invariably, (very)
little, never, normally, occasionally, often, ordinarily, periodically,
permanently, perpetually, rarely, regularly, repeatedly, seldom,
sometimes, usually.
E.g. Public attitudes to marriage are constantly changing.
The government won’t normally allow foreign journalists into
that area.
Some adverbs of indefinite time also often go there:
afterwards, already, earlier, eventually, finally, first, formerly,
immediately, initially, just, last, lately, later, momentarily, next,
now, nowadays, often, once, originally, presently, previously,
recently, seldom, shortly, since, soon, still, subsequently, then.
E.g. They have finally announced the decision.
She looked momentarily surprised.
As far as adverbs of degree are concerned, most intensifier adverbs
allow themselves to be used in this position (though, when you want to
convey absolute intensity, you should use them in the end position). So
do diminishing/downtoning adverbs. In fact, diminishing/downtoning
adverbs show a distinct preference for this (medial) position.
Adverbs of manner ending in -ly also go at the medial position
(when modifying transitive verbs), though their most usual position
is the end position. But adverbials of place (including direction) and
adverbials of duration occur here only rarely. (Their usual position is
the end position, and you’ll be able to use many of them even at the
initial position. But normally, they don’t go to the medial position).
Note: We’ll take up intensifiers, downtoners, adverbs of manner, etc.
for a detailed discussion later. You’ll find examples of their use
there.
Initial position
This is the position that comes even before the Subject (and all other
elements) in a clause. Syntactically, what an adverb does in this position
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is to head a clause.
Now, as far as Adverbial adverbs are concerned, remember that this
book concentrates on covering the role of adverbs in positions before
after a verb, and not on the other roles of Adverbial adverbs, such as
functioning as conjuncts (that is, as the logical connectors joining two
clauses together). And the combination “adverb + verb” (or “verb +
adverb”) does not often occur in this (initial) position — except as
comment-clause ‘disjuncts’ like Generally speaking, Roughly speaking,
Figuratively speaking, Frankly speaking, Strictly speaking, etc.
E.g. Generally speaking, people in that country are very friendly.
Typically, the Adverbials that tend to occur in the initial position
are conjuncts and disjuncts. Generally speaking, other Adverbials
(Adjuncts and subjuncts) tend to occur here only when the speaker/
writer wants to deliberately shift them from their more usual final
or medial positions and to place them before all the elements in the
clause — in order to draw the greatest possible attention to them (an
amount of attention that even the medial position cannot get for them).
For example, speakers/writers often use adverbs of time (including
duration) in this position for emphasis or contrast (though the end
position is the most usual position for adverbs of time and place).
E.g. Often he’s the one to come late.
Occasionally I do hear from them.
Frequently that’s where they go.
As far as adverbs of degree are concerned, they do not normally
allow themselves to be used in this initial position. Adverbs of place
and direction also do not occur often at the initial position.
Semantic Function
Adverbs modifying adjectives
In general, the adverbs that modify an adjective are usually adverbs of
degree and, occasionally, adverbs of manner.
When an adverb modifies an adjective, it fulfills one of four roles:
(i) The adverb acts as an intensifier, scaling up the degree of
intensity of the adjective; or.
(ii) The adverb acts as an emphasizer, making the adjective sound
more forceful than usual; or.
(iii) The adverb acts as a downtoner, scaling down the degree of
intensity of the adjective.
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(iv) The adverb acts as a viewpoint indicator.

Note: The adverbs that, with adjectives, perform the first 3 functions
are those that can, with verbs, function as adjunct adverbials
(usually, adverbs of degree and, occasionally, adverbs of manner)
and, with the whole clause, as disjunct adverbials. And the
adverbs that, with adjectives, perform the last (fourth) function
are those that can, with the whole clause, function as subjunct
adverbials.
(i) As intensifiers
As an intensifier, an adverb can scale up the degree of the intensity
of the meaning of that adjective. Here are some of the adverbs that
frequently do this:
absolutely, absurdly, amazingly, awfully, completely, deeply,
downright, entirely, extremely, fully, highly, irretrievably, perfectly,
sharply, strikingly, terribly, too, totally, truly, unbelievably,
unusually, wholly.
E.g. terribly difficult, highly competitive, absolutely right, unusually
quiet, wholly separate, perfectly clear.
Here’s an interesting point: As far as adverbs of manner are
concerned, they usually occur with verbs, and not with adjectives. But
occasionally, they can also premodify an adjective. When they do so,
they not only add some intensifying effect, but also indicate the manner
of the underlying action, the means, etc.:
(go) badly wrong, blissfully happy, peacefully asleep, quietly
confident.
(ii) As emphasizers:
An adverb can also add to the force (rather than to the degree) of the
meaning of the adjective.
E.g. • (Activities like these are) absolutely criminal.
• completely contrary; an exceptionally musical (family); perfectly
possible; truly American (fast food); remarkably complete;
entirely correct; absolutely equal; really essential; absolutely ideal;
utterly impossible; quite perfect; truly unique.
The difference between intensifier adjectives and emphasizer
adjectives, is simply this: Adjectives that get intensified (rather than
emphasized) in this way are gradable adjectives. That is, they are
adjectives with which comparison is possible (For example, great, good
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and active are gradable adjectives, and they have the comparative
forms ‘greater’, ‘better’ and ‘more active’). And adjectives that get
emphasized (rather than intensified) are non-gradable adjectives —
that is, adjectives with which comparison is not normally possible. (For
example, the words contrary, musical, unique, etc. are non-gradable
adjectives. They have no comparative forms).
But remember this: For all practical purposes, the effect of
intensifying is similar to that of emphasizing, and so don’t let the thought
about the difference between emphasizer adjectives and intensifier
adjectives worry you. The only point you should be keep in mind is this:
It’s best to avoid using the modifier words very and extremely before a
non-gradable adjective. That is, unless there’s a particular reason, don’t
say ‘very criminal’, ‘very contrary’, ‘very musical’, ‘very possible’, etc.
(iii) As downtoners
Just as some adverbs can scale up the degree of the intensity of an
adjective, some adverbs can also scale it down. Here are some of these
downtoning adverbs:
almost, barely, hardly, just, little, mildly, nearly, only, merely,
partially, partly, practically, quite, rather, scarcely, simply, slightly,
somewhat, sufficiently, virtually.
E.g. almost clear, barely audible, fairly difficult, hardly surprising,
kind of nasty, nearly ready, pretty clear, quite small, rather feeble,
relatively easy, scarcely surprising, severely disabled, somewhat
better, sort of virtually unknown.
(iv) As view point indicators

Premodifying adverbs can indicate the point of view from which the
meaning of an adjective is to be considered as true. Here are some
examples, with adverbs shown in italics:
artistically gifted, ecologically friendly, economically viable,
ethically correct, financially secure, geographically remote (areas),
militarily superior (country), morally wrong, politically sensitive,
psychologically harmful, technically feasible, theoretically possible.
Adverbs functioning as Adverbials

As I’ve already told you, according to their grammatical functions,
we can divide adverbials into four categories: Adjuncts, Subjuncts,
Conjuncts and Disjuncts.
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And as I’ve already told you, adjuncts and subjuncts are elements
within the structure of a clause and they (especially, adjuncts) form
part of it — much like the other elements of the clause (like the Verb
element or the Subject element). But disjuncts and conjuncts are
adverbial elements of a different type: They stand detached from (and
not integrated within) the rest of the clause, and they have only a
peripheral relation to it.
But keep this in mind: This is not a water-tight or clear-cut division.
I would like you to keep two points in mind: First, you’ll be able to use
the same adverb to perform more than one of these four grammatical
functions. For example, the adverbs flatly, frankly, crudely and roughly
be used both as adjuncts and disjuncts. Second, sometimes, it would
be difficult to say with certainty whether, in a particular context, an
adverb is functioning as a disjunct or as an adjunct. For example, take
the adverb really. It’s often difficult to say whether that word is used
as a disjunct or an intensifier adjunct. Thus take the sentence, “He
really tried hard to achieve the target.” Here, if the speaker has used
the adverb really to mean “in reality”, it functions as a disjunct. On the
other hand, if the speaker has used it to mean “to a great degree”, it’s
an adjunct — an intensifier adjunct.
Adjuncts & Subjuncts

Adverbs that modify verbs are adjuncts and subjuncts. According to
their semantic function, adjuncts are conventionally divided (mainly)
into time adverbs, place adverbs and process adverbs. (Process adverbs
are adverbs of manner, means & instrument). Subjuncts are, for all
practical purposes, degree adverbs.
Time and place adverbs are the most common adverbs. Process
adverbs come next (and out of process adverbs, manner adverbs are far
more common than other process adverbs).
Time Adjuncts
(i) “Time-when” adverbs:
Time-when (or time-position) adverbial adverbs (and of course, other
adverbials like prepositional phrases) answer the questions “When?”,
“Before when?” and “After when?” Here’s a list of the most useful time-
when adverbs:
after, afterwards, again, before, earlier (on), early, eventually,
finally, first, formerly, immediately, initially, instantly, last,
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late, lately, later (on), momentarily, next, now, nowadays,
once, originally, previously, presently, recently, shortly, since,
simultaneously, sometime, subsequently, presently, then, today,
tomorrow, tonight, yesterday.
E.g. There was some delay, and the meeting eventually started at 4.
The train finally arrived three hours late.
(ii) Duration adverbs:

They generally answer the question “(For) how long?” Here’s list of the
most useful duration adverbs:
always, briefly, indefinitely, momentarily, lately, long, overnight,
permanently, recently, temporarily.
E.g. We’ve always been their well-wishers.
He belonged briefly to an opposition party.
(iii) Time-frequency adverbial adverbs:

They answer the question “How often?” Here’s list of the most useful
time-frequency adverbs:
always, annually, commonly, constantly, continually, continuously,
customarily, daily, (hardly/scarcely) ever, fortnightly, frequently,
generally, habitually, hourly, incessantly, infrequently, irregularly,
intermittently, invariably, monthly, much, never, normally,
occasionally, often, ordinarily, periodically, permanently,
perpetually, quarterly, rarely, regularly, repeatedly, seldom,
sometimes, sporadically, usually, weekly, yearly.
E.g. The meetings are held weekly.
He’s constantly complaining about something or other.
(iv) Relative time adverbs:

These adverbials help you relate a period of time to another period
of time or to an event. Here’s list of the most useful relative-time
adverbs:
afterwards, afresh, again, already, before, eventually, finally,
first, later, next, originally, previously, simultaneously, still,
subsequently, then, together, yet.
E.g. We negotiated with them for a month and finally reached an
agreement.
The explosions happened simultaneously.
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Place adjuncts
Keep in mind that place adjuncts are most often propositional phrases,
and not adverbs. But there are also some adverbs that commonly
function as place adjuncts. These place adverbs are of three types:
(i) Distance adverbs:

Distance adverbials answer the question: “How far?” Here’s list of the
most useful distance adverbs that function as distance adverbials:
closer, deep (down), far (away) (from…), high (up), low (down),
nearer.
E.g. Move closer.
The books were piled high in a corner.
(ii) Direction adverbs:

Here’s list of the most useful direction adverbs:
after, along, backward(s), before, downstairs, down, downhill,
downward(s), east, eastward(s), forward(s), indoors, inwards,
left, north, northward(s), onward, outward(s), past, right,
sideways, skyward(s), south, southward(s), upstairs, up,
upstream, upward(s), west, westward(s).
E.g. Go downstairs.
The car skidded sideways.
(iii) Position adverbs:

Here’s list of the most useful position adverbs:
abroad, ahead, alongside, anywhere, ashore, downhill,
downstairs, downstream, east, eastward(s), elsewhere,
everywhere, far, halfway, here, home, indoors, inside, locally,
midway, near, nearby, north, northward(s), nowhere, offshore,
opposite, outdoors, outside, overboard, overhead, overseas,
somewhere, south, southward(s), there, underground, uphill,
upstairs, upstream, west, westward(s), within.
E.g. They live abroad.
Wait downstairs.
We got the work done locally.
(iv) Area adverbs:

Here’s list of the most useful area adverbs:
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globally, internationally, locally, nationally, universally, widely,
worldwide.
E.g. They got the work done locally.
This is something that happens worldwide everyday.
Process adjuncts
They answer the question “In what way was the process (expressed
by the Verb element) carried out?” Process adjuncts are mainly of two
types: (i) Manner adverbs. (ii) Means (and instrument) adverbs.
(i) Manner adverbs:

Most manner adverbs answer the question “In what way…?”, and some
manner adverbs answer the question “Under what circumstances…?”.
Some of them can also act as responses to the question “How…?”.
Here’s list of the most useful manner adverbs:
abruptly, accidentally, accurately, alone, angrily, animatedly,
artificially, automatically, awkwardly, badly, beautifully, bodily,
brightly, brilliantly, briskly, carefully, carelessly, casually, cheaply,
clearly, cleverly, closely, clumsily, coldly, collectively, comfortably,
commercially, consistently, considerately, conveniently, correctly,
cowboy-style, dangerously, deliberately, delicately, differently,
directly, discreetly, distinctly, dramatically, duly, easily,
economically, effectively, efficiently, evenly, erratically, expertly,
explicitly, faintly, faithfully, fervently, fiercely, finely, firmly, first-
class, fluently, foolishly, formally, frankly, freely, frugally, full-time,
gently, gloomily, gracefully, hastily, heavily, honestly, hurriedly,
illegally, immaturely, impolitely, inadvertantly, independently,
indirectly, indiscriminately, individually, innocently, instinctively,
intelligently, intently, involuntarily, jointly, knowingly, lavishly,
legally, logically, loosely, loudly, manfully, mechanically,
meticulously, naturally, neatly, nicely, noisily, noiselessly, non-
chalantly, obviously, oddly, officially, openly, ostentatiously,
otherwise, outrageously, overtly, part-time, patiently, peacefully,
peculiarly, perfectly, personally, plainly, pleasantly, politely,
politically, poorly, privately, professionally, properly, prudently,
publicly, purposely, quickly, quietly, rapidly, raucously, readily,
regardless, reluctantly, retail, richly, rigidly, roughly, rudely,
ruthlessly, scientifically, secretly, securely, sensibly, seriously,
shabbily, sharply, silently, simply, sloppily, smoothly, softly, solidly,
solo, specially, specifically, splendidly, spontaneously, steadily,
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steeply, stiffly, strangely, studiously, stupidly, subtly, superbly,

surreptitiously, swiftly, symbolically, systematically, tactfully,
tactlessly, tenderly, thickly, thinly, thoroughly, thoughtfully, tightly,
truthfully, typically, unceremoniously, uncomfortably, unwittingly,
urgently, vaguely, vigorously, violently, vividly, voluntarily,
warmly, wholesale, widely, willingly, wisely, wonderfully.
E.g. They talked loudly.
You must heat the oil thoroughly.
The system works perfectly now.
The traffic moved slowly.
(ii) Means (and instrument) adverbs:

Typically, the adverbials of means and instrument are prepositional
phrases. Adverbs of means and instrument are not very common:
E.g. They got the tumor removed surgically.
The blood samples were examined microscopically.
These instruments have to be tested electronically.
Degree subjuncts
Degree adverbials answer the questions “To what extent?” and “To
what degree?”. We can group them into three broad categories:
(a) Intensifiers:
Many degree adverbs scale up the effect of the verb’s meaning. Here’s
list of the most useful intensifier adverbs:
absolutely, altogether, badly, bitterly, completely, deeply,
enormously, entirely, extremely, far, fully, greatly, heartily, highly,
increasingly, intensely, much, perfectly, quite, severely, strongly,
sufficiently, terribly, thoroughly, totally, utterly, violently, well.
Their most usual position is the medial position before the main
verb, but when you want to express the absolute upper extreme of the
verb’s meaning, you should use them in the end-position.
E.g. Don’t completely rely on them.
Everybody would benefit greatly from this plan.
They protested strongly.
(b) Diminishers: Downtoning/softening adverbial

adverbs
Many degree adverbs scale down the effect of the verb’s meaning.
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Here’s list of the most useful diminisher adverbs:
almost, barely, hardly, just, little, mildly, nearly, only, merely,
partially, partly, practically, quite, rather, scarcely, simply, slightly,
somewhat, sufficiently, virtually.
Diminishers favour the medial position (before the main verb):
E.g. In a few seconds, the car virtually disappeared.
He had a fall, and he could scarcely walk.
I could hardly breathe.
Modality subjuncts
They denote degrees of certainty, possibility, probability, ability,
permission, necessity, intention and obligation. They do this by adding
to the truth value (or force) of a proposition — or by taking away from
it. These adverbs are also called emphasizers (as opposed to intensifiers
whose role is to scale up or down the degree, rather than the truth
value or force). Here’s list of the most useful of modality adverbs:
actually, apparently, certainly, clearly, definitely, fairly, frankly,
honestly, indeed, just, literally, obviously, plainly, positively,
presumably, simply, plainly, really, surely, truly, undoubtedly.
Their most usual position is before the main verb (that is, the
medial position).
E.g. I still couldn’t actually see them.
Most of them apparently come from abroad.
They’ll certainly try and help us.
Focusing subjuncts
You can use some adverbs to spotlight a particular part of the proposition
in a clause. Some adverbs (like equally) do this by indicating that what
is said in the part spotlighted by them is also true — just as something
else is (which may be expressed in words or implied). Some adverbs
(like mainly) do this by indicating that what is said in the clause is
restricted (mainly or exclusively) to the part spotlighted by them.
Here’s list of the most useful focusing adverbs:
• again, also, both, either, equally, even, further, likewise, neither,
nor, similarly, too, yet.
• alone, chiefly, especially, exactly, exclusively, just, largely,
mainly, merely, mostly, notably, only, particularly, precisely,
predominantly, primarily, principally, purely, simply, solely,
specially, specifically.
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E.g. What you do is important, but success depends equally on how

you do it.
They met mainly to discuss this project.
Disjuncts and conjuncts

We saw that the overriding function of adjuncts and subjuncts was to
add circumstantial details to the proposition in a clause. But that is
not the primary function of disjuncts – or of conjuncts. Their primary
function is quite different. Let’s take a look at these functions.
Disjuncts
Disjuncts are comment adverbials. They perform one of the following
primary functions:
(i) Some disjuncts help speakers to express what they personally
think about —
(a) the degree to which they’re convinced about the truth of
the proposition in the clause;.
(b) the degree of doubt they may have about the proposition
in the clause; or.
(c) a value judgement about the proposition in the clause
(that is, their attitude towards it).
(ii) Some disjuncts help speakers to express the style or form
of their utterance — for example, whether they’re saying
what they’re saying frankly, figuratively, technically, etc. or
whether what they’re saying is to be understood figuratively,
metaphorically, etc.
Disjuncts of both types also have a secondary function: Like
conjuncts, they too can signal a connection between a clause or group
of clauses that went before and the clause that follows, that is, the
clause to which they’re tagged.
An important point you should understand about disjuncts is this:
While adjuncts are sometimes syntactically obligatory, disjuncts are
never obligatory, but are always optional. They’re much less common
than adjuncts, but speakers find them very useful in spontaneous
speech, because wherever the verbal context permits, they can use
disjuncts as fillers or placeholders — optional things or non-essential
things that they can say while thinking about what to say next. Of
course, optional adjuncts, subjuncts and conjuncts also help speakers
in this way, but disjuncts are vocabulary items made to order for this
purpose.
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The most usual position for most disjuncts is the medial position.
In fact, for some of them, medial position is syntactically the most
normal position. But most disjuncts can also occur in the end position,
especially in conversational speech. Most of them also occur in the
initial position, especially in content-intensive speech and writing,
and when they occur in the initial position, they function not only as
disjuncts, but also as conjuncts.
Content disjunct:
Here’s a collection of some of the most useful disjuncts that can
express the speaker’s comment on the truth value of the content of the
proposition in the clause or on his attitude towards that proposition:
• actually, admittedly, allegedly, amazingly (enough), amusingly,
annoyingly, apparently, appropriately, arguably, artfully,
astonishingly (enough), basically, bizarrely (enough), certainly,
clearly, cleverly, conceivably, conveniently, correctly, cunningly,
curiously (enough), definitely, delightfully, disappointingly,
disturbingly, doubtless, eerily (enough), essentially, evidently,
foolishly, formally, fortunately, funnily (enough), happily,
hopefully, hypothetically, ideally, incorrectly, incredibly (enough),
indeed, inevitably, interestingly, ironically, justly, luckily, maybe
(informal), mercifully, most likely, naturally, nominally, not
surprisingly, not unnaturally, obviously, oddly (enough), officially,
only apparently, ostensibly, outwardly, perhaps, plainly, pleasingly,
possibly, predictably, preferably, presumably, probably, prudently,
quite likely, luckily, really, reasonably, refreshingly, regrettably,
remarkably (enough), reportedly, rightly, sadly, sensibly, shrewdly,
significantly, strangely (enough), superficially, supposedly, surely,
surprisingly, suspiciously (enough), technically, thankfully,
theoretically, tragically, undeniably, understandably, undoubtedly,
unexpectedly (enough), unfortunately, unhappily, unjustly,
unluckily, unquestionably, unreasonably, unusually, unwisely, very
likely, wisely, wrongly.
E.g. They’re obviously planning to carry out the project.
They can’t possibly mean that.
Fortunately, no one was hurt or killed (in the accident).
Apparently, they were trying to blackmail her.
Style disjuncts:
Here’s a collection of some of the most useful disjuncts that can
express the speaker’s comment on the style of his utterance:
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• approximately, bluntly, briefly, broadly, candidly, confidentially,

crudely, figuratively, flatly, (quite) frankly, generally, honestly,
literally, metaphorically, personally, privately, roughly, seriously,
simply, strictly, truly, truthfully.
• figuratively speaking.
E.g. Personally, I’m not in favour of this proposal.
Honestly, I don’t believe he’s telling the truth.
Note: Here’s an interesting point: Most style disjunct adverbs can also
function as manner adverbs.
Conjuncts
Conjuncts are linking adverbials. That is, they connect the clause (or a
part of it) to another clause or sequence of clauses and they perform
this function by making the logical relationship between the linked
units explicit. Here’s a collection of some of the most useful of conjunct
adverbs:
• accordingly, (or) again, also, alternatively, altogether, anyhow
(informal), anyway(s) (informal), (and/but) besides, better,
consequently, (or) else, equally, eventually, finally, first(ly),
however, incidentally, instead, last(ly), likewise, meantime,
meanwhile, moreover, more accurately, more precisely, (and/but)
nevertheless, next, now, only (informal), originally, otherwise,
overall, rather, second(ly), similarly, (and) so, (and/but) still,
subsequently, (and/but) then (again), (but) then, then, therefore,
third(ly), (but) though, thus, worse, (and/but) yet.
E.g. They’re making good progress. However, they may not be able to
complete the project by the month-end.
The committee didn’t support my proposal. So I decided to
resign.
No tea left? Then I’ll have coffee.
He hadn’t really got the time. Nevertheless, he offered to help.
Conjuncts are quite common in content-intensive speech and
writing — especially in the kind of English used for presenting,
supporting and developing arguments. Some of the conjuncts (anyway,
so, then, though, nevertheless, however, etc.) are used quite frequently in
conversational speech also. The most usual position for most conjuncts
is the initial position. In fact, some of them tend to occur only in the
initial position. Here are the most common among them:
• again, besides, else, hence, so, still, yet…..
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But several of them can occur at the medial position also, especially
in content-intensive writing. Here are the most common among them:
• however, nevertheless, nonetheless, therefore, thus.
And a few conjuncts can also occur at the end position, especially
in conversational speech:
• anyhow, anyway, then, though.
Now for the thesaurus proper

By now, this study must have given you a good understanding of what
an adverb is and what its various functions are.
Of course, it would be difficult to gain a thorough understanding
of everything I’ve said by reading through this material just once —
unless you already have a reasonably good knowledge about adverbs.
So it is important that you go through this study a few more times, but
you need to do this only as and when you feel the need to work on
improving your understanding of adverbs — and not at once. And it
is enough if your aim is just to get a basic grounding in adverbs, and
not to achieve specialist knowledge (though I’ve dealt with adverbs in
great detail, so that this study can lead you to specialist knowledge,
too).
Pay particular attention to what I’ve said about the position of
adverbs. And study all the examples I’ve given.
Recall what I said earlier: To achieve fluency, you don’t need a
thorough theoretical understanding of every minor detail about adverbs
(or about any of the other parts of speech, for that matter). What you
should aim for is practical mastery. Yes, a fluent command. That is why
the focus of your vocabulary-learning effort must not be individual
words, but clusters of words. Yes, clusters — like the adverb + verb
clusters and adverb + adjective clusters this book concentrates on.
Remember this: When you master a cluster of words, you automatically
master the grammar and usage of the words that make up that cluster,
because every cluster is a group of words that have combined according
to the grammar and usage governing them.
But if you’re a person with an academic bent, and if you’re interested
in gaining expert knowledge, let that be your aim, by all means. That
would certainly be worth your while. That’s why I’ve presented this
topic in such a detailed way.
Let’s go to the thesaurus proper now.
Every day, look up a few adverb-headwords. Browse through the
verbs and adjectives listed under each adverb. Each adverb, together
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with the verbs and adjectives listed under it, would then build up a
network of associations in your mind. This process will help you achieve
a good practical command not only of those adverbs, but also of those
verbs and adjectives.
Remember this: The most effective way of mastering adverbs
is through the verbs and adjectives they tend to occur with. And a
brilliantly effective way of achieving fluency in descriptive English is
to achieve a practical command of adverb+verb and adverb+adjective
combinations.
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45 absolutely -AAA
A
ably -D
VERBS: drive, perform your duties, negotiate, support, use sth.
abnormally -D
ADJECTIVES: high, large, low.
aboard -C
VERBS: climb, come, welcome.
abominably -D
VERBS: behave, treat.
abroad -A
VERBS: flee, go, invest, live, locate, move, post, sell, send, smuggle,
transfer, travel, venture, work.
abruptly -D
VERBS: break, cease, curtail, cut, end, gesture, halt, interrupt, nod,
reply, say, shatter, silence, stop, terminate, vanish, withdraw.
absently -D
VERBS: gaze, nod, reply, say, speak, stare, stroke.
absent-mindedly -D
VERBS: flick, leave sth.
absolutely -AAA
VERBS: adore, agree, decline, dread, exhaust, feel, forbid, grease,
guarantee, hate, insist, look, make, oppose, refuse, seem, stun.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, amazed, amazing, appalling, assured,
astonished, astonishing, awful, beautiful, binding, bonkers,
breathtaking, brilliant, calm, catastrophic, central, certain, chaotic,
charming, clear, committed, conclusive, confident, confidential,
academically -D 46
consistent, constant, convinced, correct, covered, crazy, critical,

crucial, decisive, dedicated, delicious, delighted, delightful,
dependable, dependent, desperate, despicable, determined,
devoted, disastrous, disgraceful, disgusted, disgusting, distraught,
dreadful, ecstatic, equal, essential, even, excellent, exhausted,
explicit, extraordinary, fair, faithful, false, fantastic, fascinating,
fatal, fearless, fed up, filthy, flat, foolproof, frank, frantic, free,
freezing, full, fundamental, furious, futile, genuine, gorgeous, great,
harmless, helpless, honest, hopeless, horrible, horrific, huge, ideal,
identical, illegal, illegitimate, immaculate, imperative, impersonal,
impossible, incapable, incredible, indispensable, inevitable,
inseparable, insoluble, intolerable, invaluable, irreconcilable, laden,
lethal, level, logical, mad, magnificent, marvellous, meaningless,
motionless, necessary, negligible, open, opposed, outrageous,
outstanding, perfect, phenomenal, plain, pointless, positive,
privileged, quiet, reliable, ridiculous, right, rigid, sacred, safe,
satisfied, scarlet (with embarrassment), secret, secure, separate,
shattered, sick, silent, soaked, solid, sound, spectacular, splendid,
square, staggered, staggering, steady, still, straight, straightforward,
stunned, stunning, superb, sure, terrible, terrified, thrilled, trivial,
true, truthful, typical, unavoidable, unbearable, unheard-of, united,
unknown, unthinkable, useless, valid, vital, wonderful.
academically -D
VERBS: succeed.
ADJECTIVES: challenging, gifted, inclined, orientated, respectable,
successful.
accidentally -C
VERBS: brush, bump, delete, drop, hit, injure, kill, knock, omit,
overhear, release, shoot, spill, stray, stumble, swallow, touch.
accordingly -CC
VERBS: act, adapt, adjust, behave, construe, judge, modify, plan,
price, punish, react, respond, suffer, tailor, treat, vary.
accurately -D
VERBS: align, assess, calculate, complete, convey, date, define,
describe, detect, draw, estimate, forecast, gauge, identify, locate,
47 admirably -D
measure, mimic, navigate, plot, portray, predict, quote, record,
reflect, represent, reproduce, term, translate.
achingly -D
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, funny.
actively -D
VERBS: assist, campaign, collaborate, contribute, cultivate,
discourage, dislike, employ, encourage, engage, influence,
intervene, investigate, involve, lobby, manage, market, mislead,
oppose, participate, promote, pursue, recruit, search, seek, shape,
solicit, support, trade, transmit, try.
ADJECTIVES: committed, engaged, hostile, interested, involved,
opposed, venomous.
actually -AAA
VERBS: do, entail, exist, experience, function, get, go, happen,
imagine, implement, make, mean, observe, see, use, want, work.
acutely -D
ADJECTIVES: aware, conscious, depressed, disturbed, embarrassed,
embarrassing, ill, inflamed, observant, painful, self-conscious,
sensitive, uncomfortable, vulnerable.
adamantly -D
VERBS: oppose, refuse.
ADJECTIVES: opposed
adequately -D
VERBS: address, compensate, consult, convey, cope, define,
demonstrate, describe, equip, explain, fulfil, function, fund, heated,
house, implement, perform, prepare, protect, reflect, represent,
resolve, respond, reward, safeguard, solve, staff, supervise, supply,
test, understand, ventilate.
ADJECTIVES: furnished, heated, informed, insured, trained.
admirably -D
VERBS: cope, fulfil, illustrate, succeed, suit.
admiringly -D 48
ADJECTIVES: suited.
admiringly -D
VERBS: gaze, glance, look.
admittedly -C
ADJECTIVES: modest, ordinary, small.
adversely -D
VERBS: affect, comment, influence, react, respond.
aesthetically -D
ADJECTIVES: appealing, pleasing, satisfying
affectionately -D
VERBS: hug, kiss, known as, pat, smile.
afterwards -A
VERBS: eat, happen, leave, say, see.
(all over) again

VERBS: begin, do, repeat, say, start, try.
aggressively -D
VERBS: act, approach, behave, campaign, demand, expand, market,
play, promote, pursue, question, react, respond.
ADJECTIVES: masculine, secular.
agreeably -D
ADJECTIVES: disposed, surprised.
aimlessly -D
VERBS: drift, search, walk, wander.
alarmingly -D
VERBS: increase, sway.
49 amazingly -D
ADJECTIVES: complacent.
alike -CC
VERBS: be dressed, look, think.
allegedly -C
VERBS: attack, commit, confess, fail, involve, make, mislead,
murder, occur, plot, rape, run, steal, take, threaten, try, use.
ADJECTIVES: harmful, illegal, obscene.
alphabetically -D
VERBS: arrange, file, index, order.
aloud -C
VERBS: cry, gasp, groan, laugh, read, say, scream, shout, shriek,
sob, speak, think, wonder.
already -AAA
VERBS: begin, cite, exist, know, make, mention, note, see, start.
ADJECTIVES: balding, evident, familiar.
altogether -A
VERBS: abandon, abolish, avoid, cease, disappear, drop, eliminate,
evade, exclude, ignore, omit, remove, rule, stop, vanish, withdraw.
ADJECTIVES: charming, exceptional, extraordinary, innocent,
invisible, lacking, superior, typical, unaffected.
always -AAA
VERBS: check, dread, dream, envisage, hanker, harp, hate, imagine,
insist, like, long, prevail, refer, remember, remind, strive, suspect,
want.
ADJECTIVES: advisable, alert, amazed, courteous, fatal, grateful,
helpful, hungry, interested, interesting, keen, pleased, popular,
ready.
amazingly -D
ADJECTIVES: accurate, brave, cheap, cheerful, expensive, fast,
amiably -D 50
generous, good, happy, intricate, quick, spry, versatile.
amiably -D
VERBS: ask, chat, grin, nod, speak.
amicably -D
VERBS: chat, live, resolve, settle.
amply -D
VERBS: compensate, demonstrate, fulfil, illustrate, justify, repay,
reward, supply.
ADJECTIVES: illustrated, justified
anatomically -D
ADJECTIVES: correct, distinct.
angrily -D
VERBS: accuse, blush, cry, demand, denounce, deny, exclaim,
flash, flush, glare, glint, greet, growl, hiss, laugh, mutter, react,
reply, respond, retort, say, shout, snap, snort, stride, throb, throw,
whisper.
annually -D
VERBS: elect, grow, hold, increase, pay, renew, report, review,
update.
anonymously -D
VERBS: make a donation, publish, write.
anxiously -D
VERBS: ask, await, enquire, glance, hover, listen, look, pace, peer,
scan, wait, watch.
apologetically -D
VERBS: cough, grin, murmur, say, shrug, smile.
51 approximately -B
apparently -AA
VERBS: conflict, disappear, exclude, ignore, lack, prefer, recover,
restrict, rule, succeed, transform.
ADJECTIVES: arbitrary, calm, casual, content, contradictory,
convinced, deserted, diverse, effortless, empty, endless, engrossed,
excellent, fruitless, futile, genuine, haphazard, harmless,
healthy, helpless, homogeneous, hopeless, hostile, identical,
illogical, impervious, impossible, incompatible, inconclusive,
inconsistent, indifferent, ineffective, inevitable, inexhaustible,
inexplicable, infinite, innocent, innocuous, insignificant, insoluble,
insurmountable, intact, intent, interested, invincible, irrational,
irreconcilable, irrelevant, isolated, lacking, legitimate, lifeless,
limited, meaningless, minor, miraculous, modest, motionless,
mundane, negative, neutral, objective, oblivious, obvious,
overwhelming, permanent, pleased, pointless, positive, radical,
random, rational, ready, reasonable, related, relaxed, relevant,
reluctant, respectable, restricted, satisfactory, satisfied, secure,
sensible, separate, solid, spontaneous, stable, straightforward,
trivial, unable, unaffected, unaware, unconcerned, uncontrollable,
uninterested, unique, universal, unknown, unlikely, unlimited,
unmoved, unreasonable, unscathed.
appreciatively -D
VERBS: clap, murmur, nod, sip, smile, sniff.
apprehensively -D
VERBS: ask, look, wonder.
appropriately -D
VERBS: act, behave, dress, modify, name, react, respond.
ADJECTIVES: clad, dressed, punish, qualified, trained.
approvingly -D
VERBS: glance, laugh, nod, note, quote, smile.
approximately -B
VERBS: correspond, double, halve.
ADJECTIVES: equal, equivalent, level.
aptly -D 52
aptly -D
VERBS: describe, call, illustrate, name, sum, summarize, term,
title.
ADJECTIVES: described, called, named, titled.
archly -D
VERBS: look, say, smile.
artificially -D
VERBS: add, exaggerate, grow, impose, laugh, light, prolong, smile,
sweeten.
ADJECTIVES: contrived, impose, inflated.
artistically -D
ADJECTIVES: arranged, created, expressed, inclined, skilled,
presented, talented.
ashore -C
VERBS: bring, come, get, go, swim, wade, wash.
assiduously
VERBS: court, cultivate, ignore.
astonishingly -D
VERBS: do well.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful. expensive, fast, good, successful.
attractively -D
VERBS: dress, illustrate, present, price, site.
ADJECTIVES: decorated, furnished, marked, patterned.
automatically -BBB
VERBS: adjust, assume, award, become, cease, come, create, debit,
deduct, delete, exclude, focus, follow, gain, generate, guarantee,
imply, lead, mean, monitor, number, obey, open, perform, presume,
process, qualify, react, receive, record, register, reject, renew,
53 awkwardly -D
respond, rule, say, secure, select, start, switch, terminate, transfer,
translate, transmit, turn, update.
ADJECTIVES: entitled, exempt.
avidly -D
VERBS: await, collect, listen, read, seek, support.
ADJECTIVES: interested.
awfully -C
VERBS: look, seem, sound.
ADJECTIVES: boring, busy, careful, clever, glad, good, hard, keen,
long, nice, pleased, sorry, sweet, tired.
awkwardly -D
VERBS: explain, fall, land, park, pause, respond, say, scramble,
shuffle, smile, stand.
ADJECTIVES: shaped.
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back and forth 54
B
back and forth
VERBS: pace, rock, sway, swing, travel.
backwards -BB
VERBS: drag, fall, go, jerk, lean, look, lurch, move, rock, run, slide,
stagger, step, stumble, sway, tilt, topple, tumble, walk, work.
backwards and forwards

VERBS: rock, swing.
badly -A
VERBS: ache, act, advise, affect, afflict, assault, assemble, backfire,
bang, beat, behave, bite, bleed, blister, bring, bruise, burn, burned,
chip, crack, crease, crush, cut, damage, dent, design, deteriorate,
disfigure, disrupt, draft, draw, dress, equip, erode, fare, feel, fit, go,
graze, hamper, handle, heated, hit, house, hurt, injure, knot, land,
leak, leg, let, light, limp, manage, mark, maul, miscalculate, misfire,
misjudge, mismanage, misunderstand, mutilate, need, organize,
paint, park, pay, pinch, play, polluted, prepare, print, put, react,
receive, run, rust, scar, scratch, shake, sing, site, sleep, slump, start,
structure, struggle, suffer, swell, take, tarnish, tear, time, torture,
trail, treat, tremble, type, underestimate, upset, ventilate, want,
wear, weather, work, wound, wounded, write.
ADJECTIVES: battered, bogged down, broken, charred, decayed,
disabled, disadvantaged, educated, flawed, handicapped, heated,
hurt, infected, infested, informed, injured, insulated, mistaken,
neglected, organized, overdrawn, paid, shaken, shocked, swollen,
trained, upset, wrong.
bang
ADJECTIVES: up-to-date.
barefoot -D
VERBS: dance, pad, stand, walk.
55 beyond doubt
barely -BBB
VERBS: affect, afford, begin, breathe, conceal, contain, cover,
exist, get, glance, hear, keep, know, look, make, mask, mention,
move, notice, pause, reach, recognize, register, remember, repress,
restrain, see, seem, skim, sleep, slow, spare, speak, stand, start, stir,
summon, survive, tolerate, touch, understand.
ADJECTIVES: able, adequate, alive, audible, aware, capable,
comprehensible, conscious, credible, discernible, distinguishable,
dry, feasible, furnished, habitable, imaginable, intelligible, legible,
literate, noticeable, perceptible, plausible, profitable, recognizable,
relevant, submerged, sufficient, tolerable, visible.
basically -BBB
VERBS: mean, tell.
ADJECTIVES: conservative, correct, dishonest, egalitarian,
evil, factual, furnished, good, healthy, honest, hostile, identical,
incompatible, insecure, intact, neutral, optimistic, same, selfish,
similar, sound, unchanged, unstable.
beautifully -D
VERBS: behave, decorate, drape, draw, dress, embroider, execute,
heal, illustrate, iron, judge, mount, paint, print, restore, sing, site,
structure, time, write.
ADJECTIVES: balanced, carved, coloured, cool, decorated, elegant,
furnished, groomed, light, marked, mellow, patterned, polished,
rounded, scented, shaped, situated, smooth, soft, tailored, tender,
warm.
beforehand -C
VERBS: know, tell.
belatedly -D
VERBS: acknowledge, apologize, attempt, realize, recognize,
remember.
beyond doubt
VERBS: demonstrate, establish, prove.
bitterly -C 56
bitterly -C
VERBS: add, attack, comment, complain, contest, criticize, cry,
denounce, disappoint, divide, fight, laugh, mind, mock, mutter,
oppose, protest, quarrel, reflect, regret, regretted, repent, reply,
resent, retort, say, think, twist, weep, whisper.
ADJECTIVES: angry, ashamed, cold, critical, disappointed,
disappointing, hostile, hurt, jealous, opposed, resentful, upset.
blandly -D
VERBS: comment, repeat, state.
blankly -D
VERBS: deny, gaze, look, refuse, stare.
blatantly -D
VERBS: abuse, attempt, contravene, disregard, ignore.
ADJECTIVES: clear, erotic, false, obvious, unfair.
bleakly -D
VERBS: lit (lighted), reply, say, stare, wonder.
blind
VERBS: rob sb, swear.
ADJECTIVES: drunk.
blindingly -D
ADJECTIVES: fast, obvious.
blindly -D
VERBS: fire, follow, fumble, grope, obey, press, push, run, stagger,
stare.
ADJECTIVES: loyal.
bloody
ADJECTIVES: awful, brilliant, daft, dangerous, embarrassing,
freezing, funny, horrible, hot, impossible, marvellous, miserable,
ridiculous, silly, useless.
57 brightly -D
bluntly -D
VERBS: ask, inform, put, reply, say, speak, state, tell, warn.
boiling
ADJECTIVES: hot.
boldly -D
VERBS: assert, climb, declare, execute, march, press, publish,
speak, step, suggest.
ADJECTIVES: coloured, patterned.
bone -D
ADJECTIVES: dry, idle, tired.
brand
ADJECTIVES: new.
bravely -D
VERBS: act, attempt, battle, decide, face, fight, smile, speak.
breathlessly -D
VERBS: anticipate, excited, explain, gasp, pant, say, wait.
briefly -BB
VERBS: appear, chat, consider, describe, detain, discuss, entertain,
examine, explain, explore, expose, flare, flash, flicker, glance, halt,
hesitate, hold, illuminate, imprison, kiss, laugh, light, look, meet,
mention, nod, outline, pause, refer, reply, return, review, shine,
smile, speak, state, stop, stun, summarize, touch, turn, wonder,
work.
ADJECTIVES: shocked, stunned.
brightly -D
VERBS: burn, declare, glitter, illuminate, light, paint, reply, say,
shine, smile.
ADJECTIVES: coloured, marked, patterned, polished.
brilliantly -D 58
brilliantly -D
VERBS: act, capture, conceive, do sth, engineer, execute, light,
perform, play, sail, save, shine, ski, smile, succeed.
ADJECTIVES: coloured, effective, funny, imaginative, inventive,
patterned.
briskly -D
VERBS: march, nod, reply, rub, say, step, stride, trot, walk.
ADJECTIVES: businesslike, efficient.
broadly -BB
VERBS: accept, agree, base, beam, conceive, correspond, define,
divide, endorse, follow, grin, interfere, mirror, smile, speak, support,
term, welcome, wink, word.
ADJECTIVES: accurate, analogous, based, chronological,
comparable, consistent, contemporary, correct, educated,
equivalent, favourable, liberal, neutral, positive, proportional,
related, representative, same, satisfactory, similar, speaking, stable,
supportive, symmetrical, sympathetic.
brutally -D
VERBS: assault, attack, beat, illustrate, interrupt, murder, rape,
shatter, slaughter, suppress, torture, violate.
ADJECTIVES: frank, honest, oppressive.
busily -D
VERBS: employ, engage, feed, prepare, sort, work, write.
ADJECTIVES: engaged, occupied.
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59 casually -BBB
C
calmly -D
VERBS: act, answer, gaze, monitor, reply, say, speak, walk.
ADJECTIVES: confident, optimistic.
carefully -D
VERBS: adjust, analyze, arrange, articulate, assemble, avoid,
balance, budget, calculate, carry, check, choose, clean, close, conceal,
conceive, consider, control, coordinate, copy, cultivate, define,
design, distinguish, draft, draw, dress, drive, dry, ease, edge, engineer,
evade, evaluate, examine, excavate, explain, explore, eye, feel your
way, file, fold, follow, formulate, foster, gather, gauge, grade, guard,
guide, handle, ignore, insert, inspect, instruct, invest, investigate,
iron, judge, label, lay, leak, lift, listen, lock, look, manoeuvre,
mark, match, measure, monitor, mount, negotiate, note, observe,
open, organize, pack, paint, park, phrase, pick, pin, place, plan,
plant, ponder, position, pour, prepare, preserve, proceed, protect,
push, read, reach, record, refrain, regulate, rehearse, remove,
replace, research, restore, reverse, review, say, scan, scrape, screen,
scrutinize, seal, search, select, separate, sew, shield, sift, sit down,
site, smooth, sniff, specify, spread, stack, stage, step, stir, store, stow,
structure, study, supervise, survey, synchronize, tailor, target, tend,
think, tie, time, trace, transfer, tread, trim, touch, tread, tuck, use,
vet, wash, watch, weigh, wind, wipe, word, wrap.
ADJECTIVES: balanced, casual, contrived, crafted, cultivated,
neutral, planned, organized.
carelessly -D
VERBS: drive, drop, gesture, handle, laugh, shrug, sling, talk, toss,
work.
casually -BBB
VERBS: ask, chat, drape, dress, enquire, flick, lean, mention,
remark, rest, saunter, say, sling, stroll, talk, throw, toss.
ADJECTIVES: elegant, related.
categorically -D 60
categorically -D
VERBS: deny, oppose, refuse, reject, rule, state.
ADJECTIVES: opposed.
cautiously -D
VERBS: advance, approach, criticize, drive, edge, eye, interfere,
peep, peer, proceed, react, reply, respond, venture, view, walk,
welcome, word.
ADJECTIVES: confident, optimistic.
centrally -D
VERBS: administer, control, fund, heated, impose, locate, organize,
place, plan, position.
ADJECTIVES: concerned, heated, important, organized, situated.
certainly -AA
VERBS: deserve, gain, help, lead, look, merit, need, prefer,
recommend, seem.
ADJECTIVES: false, guilty, possible, true.
charmingly -D
VERBS: behave, smile.
ADJECTIVES: decorated, furnished.
cheerfully -D
VERBS: beam, call, greet, grin, ignore, laugh, nod, punch, remark,
reply, say, sing, smile, wave, whistle.
ADJECTIVES: decorated, furnished, informal, optimistic.
chemically -D
VERBS: analyze, change, compose, modify, process, treat.
ADJECTIVES: identical, inert.
chiefly -C
VERBS: associate, concern, consist.
61 clearly -AA
ADJECTIVES: composed, concerned, interested, occupied,
responsible.
chronically -D
ADJECTIVES: deaf, disabled, ill, infected, inflamed, lie, shy, sick,
smoke.
chronologically -D
VERBS: arrange, describe, display, list, order.
classically -D
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, -cut, handsome, -trained.
clean
VERBS: burn, come, forget, lift.
cleanly -D
VERBS: burn, conduct, cut, execute, snap.
clear -A
VERBS: drive, leap.
clearly -AA
VERBS: acknowledge, admire, adore, affect, aim, articulate,
communicate, contradict, contravene, convey, define, demonstrate,
derive, designate, despise, differ, differentiate, direct, discern,
dislike, display, distinguish, divide, draw, echo, emerge, establish,
evoke, exceed, exclude, exemplify, explain, expose, express, focus,
foresee, formulate, gain, gear, hear, highlight, identify, illuminate,
illustrate, imagine, imply, incorporate, indicate, influence, intend,
interfere, label, lack, link, mark, merit, need, number, outline,
overlap, perceive, point, portray, prefer, present, print, pronounce,
recall, recognize, reflect, relish, remember, see, sense, separate,
show, signal, speak, specify, spell, state, structure, think, underline,
understand, warn, write.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, amused, annoyed, apparent, audible, baffled,
beneficial, capable, conscious, contrary, convinced, correct, crucial,
defined, delighted, desirable, determined, disappointed, discernible,
cleverly -D 62
distinct, distinguishable, embarrassed, evident, false, guilty, happy,

impossible, impressed, inadequate, inappropriate, incapable,
incompatible, inconsistent, incorrect, indicative, insufficient, intent,
interested, justified, lacking, legible, nervous, oblivious, perceptible,
pleased, puzzled, readable, ready, recognizable, related, relevant,
relieved, reluctant, sensible, shaken, silhouetted, superior, surprised,
terrified, uncomfortable, undesirable, unhappy, upset, visible.
cleverly -D
VERBS: conceal, design, disguise, exploit, handle, market, put,
trick.
ADJECTIVES: contrived.
clinically -D
ADJECTIVES: dead, depressed, insane, proven, tested, trained.
clumsily -D
VERBS: attempt, knot, try, use.
close -A
VERBS: cling, come, draw, feel, get, hug, keep, lean, lie, live, press,
remain, run, snuggle, stand, stay, step, stick.
closely -AA
VERBS: adhere, align, ally, approach, associate, base, cling, cluster,
coincide, collaborate, connect, consult, control, cooperate, correlate,
correspond, crop, define, examine, focus, follow, group, guard,
hold, identify, inspect, integrate, interact, investigate, involve, knit,
liaison, link, listen, look, match, mimic, mirror, model, monitor,
observe, peer, press, question, reflect, regulate, relate, resemble,
scrutinize, simulate, space, stick, study, supervise, tie, watch, work.
ADJECTIVES: acquainted, akin, allied, analogous, balanced, bound,
comparable, concerned, covered, dependent, equivalent, informed,
interrelated, involved, related, reminiscent, united.
coarsely -D
VERBS: grate, grind, speak.
63 comparatively -C
coherently -D
VERBS: argue, explain, speak, think.
coldly -D
VERBS: answer, demand, enquire, eye, glitter, ignore, inform, look,
observe, reply, respond, say, smile, speak, stare, survey.
ADJECTIVES: angry, beautiful, calculating, disapproving, dismissive,
furious, impersonal, indifferent.
collectively -C
VERBS: act, bargain, call, decide, know, known as, work.
ADJECTIVES: accountable, answerable, responsible.
comfortably -D
VERBS: accommodate, beat, exceed, fit, lead, live, nestle, rest, seat,
settle, sit, surpass, win, work.
ADJECTIVES: baggy, furnished, settled, warm.
commercially -D
VERBS: breed, develop, exploit, operate, produce, use.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, available, -confidential, -farmed,
justifiable, obtainable, produced, sensitive, sound, successful,
valuable, viable.
commonly -B
VERBS: accept, associate, believe, call, cite, employ, encounter,
find, hold, know, known as, mention, occur, refer, referred, regard,
report, see, suppose, term, think, use.
ADJECTIVES: available, known, used.
comparatively -C
VERBS: speak.
ADJECTIVES: brief, cheap, easy, expensive, fortunate, harmless,
high, inexpensive, infrequent, insignificant, large, late, liberal, light,
limited, little, low, mild, minor, modest, narrow, neglected, new,
painless, peaceful, poor, powerless, quiet, rare, recent, remote, safe,
competently -D 64
shallow, short, simple, slight, slow, small, stable, straightforward,

tiny, trivial, unaffected, unaware, unknown, weak, wealthy, young.
competently -D
VERBS: act, do sth, govern, handle, manage, perform, work.
completely -AA
VERBS: abandon, abolish, absorb, agree, become, block, break,
burn, bury, cease, change, clear, coat, collapse, conceal, confuse,
contradict, cool, cover, crack, cure, cut, destroy, disagree, disappear,
discard, disintegrate, disrupt, dissolve, distort, dominate, dry,
eliminate, empty, enclose, eradicate, erase, erode, excavate,
exclude, exhaust, expose, feel, fool, forget, fulfil, gear, go, gut, heal,
hide, ignore, immerse, inhibit, integrate, jam, lack, lift, logical,
lose, mask, master, misjudge, mislead, misread, misrepresent, miss,
misunderstand, neglect, obliterate, obscure, offset, omit, oppose,
overcome, overlook, overturn, overwhelm, paralyze, rebuild,
reconstruct, recover, regain, reject, relax, remove, renew, renovate,
reorganize, repair, replace, resolve, restore, reverse, revise, rewrite,
ruin, rule, satisfy, screen, seal, separate, shade, shake, shatter, silence,
soak, solve, spoil, strip, subordinate, suppress, surrender, surround,
thaw, transform, trust, undermine, vanish, wipe, withdraw, wreck.
ADJECTIVES: absent, absorbed, absurd, acceptable, accidental,
accurate, alien, alone, anonymous, arbitrary, artificial, automatic,
autonomous, baffled, balanced, bald, bare, barren, bewildered,
bewildering, blank, bogus, bonkers, boring, broke, calm, clear,
closed, comfortable, committed, confident, confidential, confused,
consistent, contradictory, contrary, convinced, convincing, cool,
correct, covered, crazy, credible, cynical, daft, dark, decayed,
dejected, dependent, deserted, desolate, detached, devoid,
devoted, different, disillusioned, dismissive, disorganized, distinct,
distraught, dominant, drunk, dry, effective, empty, engrossed, erect,
erratic, estranged, even, exempt, exhausted, exposed, extinct,
fair, false, familiar, fearless, filthy, flat, flexible, foreign, free,
frustrated, full, futile, genuine, grey, groundless, happy, harmless,
helpless, honest, honourable, hooked, hopeless, identical, ignorant,
illegitimate, illiterate, illogical, imaginary, immaterial, immobile,
immune, impartial, impassable, impassive, impersonal, impervious,
impossible, impotent, impracticable, impractical, improbable,
inaccessible, inadequate, inappropriate, incapable, incidental,
65 concisely -D
incompatible, incompetent, incomprehensible, indefensible,
indestructible, indifferent, ineffective, inert, inexplicable, inflexible,
innocent, insane, insensitive, insignificant, insulated, intact,
invisible, irrelevant, irresponsible, isolated, justified, lacking, lame,
legal, level, lifeless, light, limp, logical, lost, mad, misleading,
mistaken, mystified, naked, natural, negative, neutral, new, non-
existent, normal, novel, nude, numb, objective, oblivious, obscure,
obvious, opaque, open, opposed, original, outrageous, overgrown,
overhaul, overwhelming, painless, plain, portable, powerless,
predictable, preoccupied, proven, quiet, random, recyclable,
redundant, relaxed, reliable, reliant, reversible, ridiculous, rigid,
rural, safe, sane, satisfactory, satisfied, satisfying, secular, secure,
self-contained, self-sufficient, separable, separate, shattered, silent,
sincere, slack, smooth, soaked, sober, solid, soluble, speechless,
stable, static, sterile, still, straight, stuck, stunned, submerged,
subordinate, sure, synonymous, terrified, transparent, trivial,
truthful, unable, unacceptable, unaffected, unaware, unbalanced,
unbelievable, unchanged, unconcerned, unconscious, uncontrollable,
understandable, unexpected, unfamiliar, unfashionable, unfit,
unfounded, unheard-of, uninhibited, uninterested, unknown,
unmoved, unnecessary, unnoticed, unprovoked, unreasonable,
unscathed, unscrupulous, unsuitable, unsure, unthinkable, up-to-
date, useless, valid, valueless, voluntary, vulnerable.
comprehensively -D
VERBS: beat, defeat, equip, fail, reject, review, win.
ADJECTIVES: illustrated.
compulsorily -D
VERBS: detain, purchase.
ADJECTIVES: redundant.
conceptually -D
VERBS: analyze, develop, understand.
ADJECTIVES: distinct, flawed, weak.
concisely -D
VERBS: answer, explain, express, summarize.
conclusively -D 66
conclusively -D
VERBS: demonstrate, establish, presume, prove.
ADJECTIVES: proven.
conditionally -D
VERBS: discharge, offer, release, sell, state.
confidentially -D
VERBS: lean, speak, tell, treat, whisper.
confidently -D
VERBS: act, assert, behave, declare, expect, predict, pronounce,
rely on, smile, state, stride, win.
consciously -C
VERBS: decide, formulate, ignore, relax, remember, seek, use.
ADJECTIVES: aware of, polite, rude.
considerably -BBB
VERBS: add, advance, age, alleviate, alter, become, benefit, boost,
brighten, change, cool, cut, decline, decrease, deviate, differ, dilute,
diverge, drop, ease, enhance, enlarge, exceed, expand, fluctuate,
grow, help, improve, increase, influence, lessen, modify, narrow,
outnumber, outweigh, overestimate, reduce, rise, shorten, simplify,
slow, soften, strengthen, tighten, transform, underestimate, vary,
weaken, widen, worsen.
ADJECTIVES: different, dissimilar, easier, fatter, great, high, ill,
large, long, low, old, shaken, small, trouble-free, well.
consistently -D
VERBS: deny, ignore, overestimate, press, refuse, reject, repeat.
ADJECTIVES: high, impressive, low.
conspicuously -D
VERBS: fail, lack, neglect, omit, succeed.
ADJECTIVES: absent, lacking.
67 continuously -D
conspiratorially -D
VERBS: grin, lean, look, smile, whisper, wink.
constantly -B
VERBS: argue, ask, battle, bombard, change, complain, criticize,
evolve, expose, flow, fluctuate, harp, interrupt, keep, look, modify,
monitor, move, negotiate, reassure, recur, refine, reinforce, reject,
remind, renew, repeat, review, revise, search, seek, shift, stir, stress,
strive, struggle, talk, tell, threaten, thwart, try, undermine, update,
upgrade, urge, vary, warn, work, worry.
ADJECTIVES: alert, amazed, aware, busy, changing, engaged,
surprised, vigilant.
constitutionally -D
VERBS: behave, prohibit, protect.
ADJECTIVES: guaranteed, incapable, infirm, right, unable.
constructively -D
VERBS: act, advise, approach, criticize, dismiss, engage, respond.
contentedly -D
VERBS: purr, sigh, smile, snore.
contemptuously -D
VERBS: dismiss, eye, glance, laugh, smile, snort, think.
continually -D
VERBS: argue, bombard, change, evolve, fluctuate, harass,
negotiate, press, rain, reassess, reinforce, renew, repeat, revise,
shift, stress, strive, threaten, update.
ADJECTIVES: amazed, sick, surprised.
continuously -D
VERBS: assess, change, develop, employ, flow, grow, improve,
monitor, operate, rain, refine, reinforce, rule, speak, stir, supply,
talk, update, use, vary, work.
contractually -D 68
contractually -D
VERBS: agree, bind.
ADJECTIVES: liable, obliged.
conveniently -C
VERBS: categorize, divide, forget, ignore, locate, mark, neglect,
place, site, slip (sth into), store, summarize, time.
ADJECTIVES: close (to), located, situated.
conversationally -D
VERBS: ask, observe, say, speak, write.
convincingly -D
VERBS: argue, beat, defeat, demonstrate, explain, lie, prove,
reason, solve, speak, win.
convulsively -D
VERBS: jerk, shiver, shudder, swallow, tighten, twitch.
coolly
VERBS: enquire, eye, greet, inform, nod, observe, react, remark,
reply, respond, retort, say, stare, survey.
ADJECTIVES: calculating, impersonal, polite.
correctly -D
VERBS: act, address, align, answer, approach, assess, behave,
calculate, complete, define, diagnose, forecast, function, gauge,
guess, hear, identify, interfere, interpret, judge, label, match,
name, observe, perceive, perform, point, position, predict, print,
pronounce, recall, record, reflect, remember, respond, specify, spell,
state, translate, type, understand, use, wire, word.
ADJECTIVES: controlled, orientated
covertly -D
VERBS: act, glance, operate, watch.
69 cunningly -D
criminally -D
ADJECTIVES: inclined, insane, liable, negligent, stupid.
critically -C
VERBS: acclaim, analyze, comment, depend, discuss, evaluate,
examine, influence, injure, look, review, scan, survey, think, wound,
wounded.
ADJECTIVES: acclaimed, dependent, ill, important, injured.
crookedly -D
VERBS: deal with sb, grin, run a business, smile.
crossly -D
VERBS: ask, reply, say.
crucially -D
VERBS: affect, depend, influence.
ADJECTIVES: dependent, flawed, important.
crudely -D
VERBS: draw, equate, estimate, paint, put.
ADJECTIVES: -built, carved, formed.
cruelly -D
VERBS: behave, dash, deny, expose, interrupt, neglect, slaughter.
culturally -D
VERBS: define.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, close, conservative, defined, determined,
diverse, homogeneous, inappropriate, isolated, limited, literate,
neutral, rich, similar, sophisticated, specific, uneven.
cunningly -D
VERBS: conceal, disguise, oppose, plan.
ADJECTIVES: contrived.
curiously -C 70
curiously -C
VERBS: ask, eye, glance, look, peer, regard, stare.
ADJECTIVES: calm, content, detached, empty, enigmatic,
inadequate, inconclusive, lacking, light-headed, mixed, muted,
named, old-fashioned, paradoxical, reluctant, reminiscent, shaped,
unmoved, unreal, weak.
currently -A
VERBS: appear, employ, enjoy, estimate, exist, have, hold, offer,
operate, review, run, schedule, stand, use, work.
ADJECTIVES: accessible, available, engaged, fashionable,
unemployed, unknown.
curtly -D
VERBS: announce, answer, nod, reply, retort, say, tell.
cynically -D
VERBS: disregard, exploit, laugh, praise.
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71 deathly -D
D
daily -A
VERBS: arrive, check, commute, happen, open, take, use.
damn(ed) -D
ADJECTIVES: decent, expensive, good, lucky, miserable, near,
relaxed, right, silly, sure.
dangerously -D
VERBS: drive, glitter, live, narrow, sway.
ADJECTIVES: close, complacent, deceptive, democratic, exposed,
extreme, fast, high, hot, ill, insane, low, mad, misleading, near,
quiet, radioactive, shaky, unstable, volatile, weak.
darkly -D
VERBS: frown, glitter, hint, mutter, say, scowl, see.
ADJECTIVES: comic, funny, handsome, humorous, menacing,
outlined.
dazzlingly -D
VERBS: display, smile.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, inventive.
dead -A
ADJECTIVES: boring, calm, certain, drunk, easy, flat, funny, good,
hungry, miserable, pleased, quiet, right, scared, serious, set, spooky,
straight, tired, unlucky, white, wrong.
deadly
ADJECTIVES: accurate, dull, earnest, poisonous, serious.
deathly -D
ADJECTIVES: cold, pale, quiet, silent, still, white.
decently -D 72
decently -D
VERBS: behave, bury, dress.
ADJECTIVES: clad, dressed.
deceptively -D
ADJECTIVES: casual, gentle, mild, simple, small, smooth, spacious,
steep, straightforward.
decidedly -D
VERBS: feel, look, mix, say.
ADJECTIVES: careful, chilly, dangerous, difficult, more formal,
frosty, gloomy, hostile, impressive, inferior, limited, mixed, odd,
ordinary, patchy, rare, reluctant, risky, shaky, slender, spooky, thin,
uncomfortable, uneasy, unpleasant, unusual, unwelcome, wary,
weak.
decisively -D
VERBS: act, affect, defeat, influence, intervene, reject, shake, win.
deep -AA
VERBS: bite, burrow, bury, cut, dig, dive, fry, go, hide, lie, look,
penetrate, probe, root, run, sail, sink, strike, thrust.
ADJECTIVES: purple, red, underground.
deeply -AA
VERBS: absorb, admire, affect, anger, appreciate, become, blush,
bow, breathe, bury, care, commit, concern, cut, delve, disappoint,
distress, disturb, divide, drink, embed, entrench, erode, feel, flush,
frown, grieve, hold, humiliate, hurt, implicate, impress, influence,
inhale, involve, kiss, laugh, mark, move, offend, oppose, penetrate,
ponder, probe, regret, relax, remain, resent, respect, root, sadden,
saddened, scar, shock, sigh, sleep, slumber, sniff, stir, swallow,
sympathize, think, thrust, touch, trouble, upset, wound.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, aggrieved, agitated, ambivalent, apprehensive,
ashamed, asleep, attached, characteristic, committed, compassionate,
concerned, conscious, conservative, contented, convinced, critical,
cultured, curious, cynical, damaging, dependent, depressed,
73 delicately -D
depressing, disappointed, disappointing, disapproving, dissatisfied,
distressing, disturbed, embarrassed, embarrassing, embedded,
emotional, engaged, engrossed, estranged, expressive, fascinating,
flawed, flushed, frustrated, frustrating, grateful, honoured, hostile,
humiliating, hurt, hurtful, impressed, inadequate, indebted,
ingrained, insecure, inspiring, interested, interesting, intolerant,
involved, ironic, irritated, lined, moving, offensive, opposed,
perplexed, perverse, pessimistic, pleasurable, poignant, polished,
prejudiced, preoccupied, regrettable, relaxed, religious, reluctant,
repulsive, resentful, reserved, revealing, rooted, sad, satisfying,
sceptical, sensitive, shaken, shocked, shocking, significant,
sincere, sorry, spiritual, stunned, submerged, suspect, suspicious,
symbolic, sympathetic, tanned, thankful, touched, traumatic,
troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, unconscious, uneasy, unhappy,
unpleasant, unpopular, upset, wary.
definitely -BB
VERBS: establish, get, go, look, need, recommend, rule, state,
think, want.
ADJECTIVES: false, fishy.
deftly -D
VERBS: catch, drive, fold, manipulate, sketch.
deliberately -BBB
VERBS: aim, avoid, choose, create, cultivate, delay, distort, employ,
exaggerate, exclude, exploit, expose, flaunt, flout, foster, harm,
ignore, incite, inflict, keep, kick, leak, leave, make, manipulate,
misinterpret, mislead, misrepresent, neglect, obscure, obstruct,
omit, pause, penalize, pitch, plant, pour, prolong, promote, provoke,
push, ram, refrain, reject, restrict, sabotage, seek, select, set, shape,
slow, snub, start, suppress, target, try, use, withhold.
ADJECTIVES: ambiguous, cautious, contrived, cultivated, insulting,
misleading, offensive, perverse, provocative, rude, vague.
delicately -D
VERBS: deal with, embroider, handle, manipulate, negotiate, sniff,
step.
deliciously -D 74
ADJECTIVES: balanced, carved, coloured, flavoured, patterned,

poised, scented, worded.
deliciously -D
VERBS: smell.
ADJECTIVES: cool, creamy, garlicky, ironic, spicy, warm
delightfully -D
VERBS: illustrate, name.
ADJECTIVES: attractive, comic, enjoyable, frank, humorous,
informal, mellow, peaceful, pleasant, situated, witty.
democratically -D
VERBS: decide, elect.
ADJECTIVES: accountable, constituted, elected,.
demonstrably -D
ADJECTIVES: correct, inferior, unfair, untrue, wrong.
densely -D
ADJECTIVES: covered, crowded, occupied, planted, populated,
wooded, written.
deservedly -D
VERBS: earn, win.
ADJECTIVES: famous, popular, well-known.
depressingly -D
ADJECTIVES: dull, familiar, low, obvious, poor.
despairingly -D
VERBS: cry, look, shake, sigh, think, wonder.
derisively -D
VERBS: comment, laugh, remark, snort, stare.
75 direct -A
desperately -BBB
VERBS: cling, clutch, cry, feel, fight, flail, hope, long, look, need,
protest, repeat, search, seek, shake, strive, struggle, think, try, want,
wish.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, anxious, busy, close, disappointed,
disappointing, hard, homesick, hungry, ill, important, keen, lonely,
nervous, poor, sad, short, shy, sick, slow, sorry, tired, trying, unhappy,
unlucky, unpopular, upset, worried.
determinedly -D
VERBS: continue, ignore, meet, oppose, resist, try.
devastatingly -D
ADJECTIVES: attractive, beautiful, effective, handsome, powerful.
devoutly -D
VERBS: believe, hope, wish.
ADJECTIVES: religious.
diametrically -D
VERBS: oppose.
ADJECTIVES: opposed.
differently -D
VERBS: approach, form, happen, interfere, perceive, phrase, react,
respond, treat, view.
ADJECTIVES: -shaped.
dimly -D
VERBS: discern, illuminate, light, perceive, realize, recall, reflect,
remember, see, sense.
ADJECTIVES: aware, conscious, visible.
direct -A
VERBS: dial, go, mail, order.
directly -AA 76
directly -AA
VERBS: absorb, address, affect, aim, appeal, apply, approach, arise,
assert, attribute, challenge, charge, come, communicate, compete,
concern, confront, connect, contact, contradict, contribute, control,
correspond, deal, derive, descend, discharge, elect, employ, engage,
enhance, equate, experience, expose, feed, finance, fix, flow, focus,
fund, go, govern, impair, impinge, implicate, import, influence,
interact, interfere, intervene, invest, involve, issue, lead, liaison,
link, look, measure, mention, mount, negotiate, observe, oppose,
order, oversee, perceive, precede, proceed, promote, quote, recruit,
reflect, relate, reply, report, respond, speak, stimulate, strike, tackle,
test, threaten, tie, trace, trade, transfer, translate, work.
ADJECTIVES: accessible, accountable, analogous, attached,
comparable, compatible, concerned, contradictory, contrary,
dependent, effective, elected, engaged, involved, opposed,
overhead, proportional, related, relevant, responsible, responsive,
subject, subordinate.
disappointingly -D
VERBS: begin, end, perform, play, start.
ADJECTIVES: boring, dull.
disapprovingly -D
VERBS: frown, look, react, sniff.
disastrously -D
VERBS: backfire, end, slump.
ADJECTIVES: damaging, harmful, wrong.
disbelievingly -D
VERBS: echo, look, shake, stare.
disconcertingly -D
ADJECTIVES: direct, familiar, silent.
discreetly -D
VERBS: behave, cough, enquire, hint, speak, park, site, tuck.
77 doubly -D
ADJECTIVES: expensive.
dishonestly -D
VERBS: act, conceal, obtain.
dishonourably -D
VERBS: act, discharge.
dismally -D
VERBS: fail, perform sth, shake.
dismissively -D
VERBS: gesture, shake, shrug, wave.
disparagingly -D
VERBS: comment, remark, sniff, speak.
disproportionately -D
VERBS: represent.
ADJECTIVES: concentrated, high, large.
distinctly -D
VERBS: speak, pronounce, recall, remember.
ADJECTIVES: cautious, chilly, cool, cosmopolitan, dubious, eerie,
familiar, fishy, foolish, frosty, hear, hostile, inferior, lacking, limited,
masculine, muted, negative, odd, off-putting, paradoxical, peeved,
positive, rare, see, shaky, smell, superior, uncomfortable, uneasy,
unfriendly, unhappy, unusual.
doggedly -D
VERBS: fight, persist, pursue, stick.
doubly -D
ADJECTIVES: careful, difficult, disadvantaged, disappointing,
important, incongruous, interesting, ironic, mistaken, sure.
doubtfully -D 78
doubtfully -D
VERBS: ask, eye, look, nod, shake.
downright -D
ADJECTIVES: boring, dangerous, destructive, difficult, dishonest,
eerie, hostile, immoral, impractical, lazy, offensive, ridiculous, rude,
savage, scared, silly, sinister, uncomfortable.
downstairs -BB
VERBS: come, creep, fall, get, go, hear, hurry, race, run, rush, wait,
walk, wheel.
downstream -D
VERBS: carry sb, drift, float, paddle, swim, travel.
downwards -C
VERBS: adjust, face, filter, float, jerk, move, plunge, point, revise,
slope.
dramatically -D
VERBS: accelerate, alter, change, decline, decrease, deteriorate,
drop, enhance, expand, fall, grow, highlight, illustrate, impair,
improve, increase, pause, portray, reduce, reverse, rise, shift,
shorten, shrink, slump, soar, tilt, vary, worsen.
drastically -D
VERBS: alter, change, curb, curtail, cut, decline, decrease, drop,
modify, reduce, reform, revise, rewrite, simplify.
ADJECTIVES: overhaul.
drunkenly -D
VERBS: brawl, drive, lean, sway.
dryly -D
VERBS: comment, enquire, murmur, observe, remark, reply,
respond, retort, say, swallow.
ADJECTIVES: hungry, inadequate, sorry, unhappy, untidy, upset.
79 dumbly -D
duly -C
VERBS: acknowledge, apologize, appear, arrive, elect, ignore, note,
oblige, perform, punish, qualify, record, register, report, reward,
sign, summon, take, warn, win.
ADJECTIVES: forthcoming, impressed, qualified.
dully -D
VERBS: ache, gleam, glow, reflect, say, stare, think.
dumb -D
VERBS: act, play.
dumbly -D
VERBS: gaze, look, nod, stare.
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eagerly -D 80
E
eagerly -D
VERBS: anticipate, await, devour, enquire, lean, listen, nod, obey,
search, seek, seize.
earlier -AA
VERBS: arrive, begin, cite, come, leave, mention, note, outline,
quote, retire, start, warn.
early -AAA
VERBS: arrive, awake, awaken, begin, book, come, detect, leave,
mature, retire, rise, sow, start, wake, warn.
earnestly -D
VERBS: attempt, desire, discuss, explain, lean, pray, speak, strive,
talk.
easily -A
VERBS: absorb, accommodate, accomplish, adapt, afford,
appreciate, arrange, assemble, assimilate, beat, become, bleed,
bore, break, breathe, bruise, burn, categorize, chat, come,
communicate, confuse, cope, crease, cut, deceive, deduce, defeat,
define, degenerate, demonstrate, detect, deter, digest, discern,
dismiss, distinguish, distract, erode, evade, exaggerate, exceed,
exploit, find, fit, flow, fool, forget, forgive, frighten, gain, grasp,
handle, identify, ignore, imagine, incorporate, install, interfere,
irritate, laugh, lead, lean, locate, manipulate, manoeuvre, measure,
misjudge, mislead, misrepresent, mistake, mix, move, negotiate,
obscure, offend, outnumber, outweigh, overcome, penetrate,
perceive, persuade, qualify, reach, recall, recognize, remedy,
remove, replace, resolve, result, say, scare, score, secure, separate,
shake, shock, sit, sleep, slide, slot, solve, split, spot, spread, state,
store, succumb, summarize, surpass, swallow, sway, switch, tear,
thwart, tire, trace, transfer, translate, transmit, treat, understand,
upset, visualize, win, wipe.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, accessible, adaptable, apparent,
81 effectively -AA
attainable, available, avoidable, best, comparable, comprehensible,
detachable, discernible, distinguishable, excitable, explicable,
intelligible, justified, legible, manageable, marketable, obtainable,
perceptible, portable, predictable, readable, recognizable,
recyclable, reversible, separable, soluble, susceptible, transferable,
understandable, visible.
east -A
VERBS: continue, drive, face, flee, go, head, look, move, travel.
easy -AAA
VERBS: come, go, rest.
ecologically -D
ADJECTIVES: disastrous, responsible, sensitive, sound, valuable.
economically -BBB
VERBS: become, develop, live, price.
ADJECTIVES: active, advantageous, backward, bankrupt, damaging,
dependent, deprived, desirable, developed, disadvantaged,
dominant, efficient, feasible, illiterate, important, impossible,
inactive, indefensible, independent, inefficient, isolated, justifiable,
justified, literate, powerful, rational, secure, self-sufficient, suicidal,
superior, undesirable, unstable, viable, vulnerable, weak.
educationally -D
ADJECTIVES: backward, disadvantaged, retarded, subnormal,
superior, underprivileged, valuable.
effectively -AA
VERBS: abandon, acknowledge, act, administer, ban, bar, become,
block, campaign, cease, challenge, clean, combat, communicate,
compete, conceal, confine, contribute, control, convey, cut, deal,
deny, deploy, destroy, deter, devalue, disappear, double, eliminate,
end, endorse, exclude, exercise, exile, exploit, freeze, fulfil,
function, grant, guarantee, halt, halve, hand, harness, implement,
impose, incorporate, intervene, manage, mark, market, mask,
mean, measure, mobilize, monitor, neutralize, operate, organize,
perform, prevent, prohibit, protect, pursue, reduce, reject, remove,
eerily -D 82
respond, restrain, restrict, ruin, rule, screen, seal, separate, shift,

signal, silence, solve, stall, stimulate, suppress, suspend, tackle,
teach, translate, undermine, use, utilize, veto, wipe, work, wreck.
ADJECTIVES: autonomous, identical, immortal, impose, impossible,
inaccessible, indefensible, inseparable, invisible, isolated.
eerily -D
VERBS: echo.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, quiet, silent, similar.
efficiently -D
VERBS: administer, allocate, function, handle, manage, market,
operate, organize, perform, process, produce, retrieve, run a
business etc, solve, use, work.
ADJECTIVES: -managed, -organized, -produced.
elaborately -D
VERBS: decorate, stage.
ADJECTIVES: beaded, carved, casual, decorated, planned.
electrically -D
VERBS: heated, light, operate.
ADJECTIVES: charged, heated, powered.
electronically -D
VERBS: communicate, controlled, generated, operate, record, store,
transfer, transmit.
elegantly -D
VERBS: decorate, demonstrate, drape, dress, solve.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, furnished, handsome, tailored.
eloquently -D
VERBS: appeal, express, speak.
83 energetically -D
elsewhere -A
VERBS: describe, discuss, find, go, happen, lie, live, look, move,
study, try, use.
eminently -D
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, deserving, desirable, logical, practical,
qualified, readable, reasonable, respectable, sane, satisfactory,
satisfying, sensible, suitable, suited, valuable.
emotionally -D
VERBS: abuse, appeal, blackmail, cripple, develop, distress, disturb,
drain, exhaust, experience, grow, mature, react, respond, scar.
ADJECTIVES: attached, battered, committed, demanding,
dependent, deprived, detached, distressing, disturbed, exhausted,
exhausting, expressive, immature, inhibited, involved, loaded,
mature, painful, ready, retarded, shattered, stable, state, stressful,
support, unstable.
emphatically -D
VERBS: assert, defeat, deny, prove, reject, shake, state, win.
empirically -D
VERBS: analyze, approach, demonstrate, establish, prove, question,
study, test.
encouragingly -D
VERBS: nod, respond, smile, speak.
endlessly -D
VERBS: argue, debate, discuss, go, multiply, recycle, repeat, stretch,
talk.
ADJECTIVES: fascinating, kind, patient, repetitive, resourceful,
varied.
energetically -D
VERBS: campaign, fight, foster, move, pursue.
enormously -D 84
enormously -D
VERBS: admire, appeal, benefit, complicate, contribute, differ,
enhance, enjoy, expand, grow, help, increase, influence, like, please,
range, reinforce, strengthen, vary.
ADJECTIVES: appealing, complex, costly, diverse, enjoyable,
exciting, expensive, fat, flattering, fruitful, grateful, helpful,
important, impressed, impressive, popular, powerful, productive,
proud, rich, successful, useful, valuable, varied, wealthy.
enthusiastically -D
VERBS: applaud, clap, embrace, endorse, greet, join, nod, respond,
support, talk, welcome.
entirely -A
VERBS: abandon, agree, based, cease, concentrate, concur, confine,
consist, convince, depend, destroy, devote, disagree, disappear,
discard, dominate, eliminate, endorse, eradicate, exclude, finance,
focus, forget, fund, gear, ignore, lack, logical, mask, master, neglect,
obliterate, oppose, overlook, rebuild, rely, remove, rule, satisfy,
seem, surround, sympathize, transform, vanish.
ADJECTIVES: absent, abstract, acceptable, accurate, alien,
alone, anonymous, appropriate, arbitrary, artificial, avoidable,
barren, beneficial, blank, bogus, characteristic, clear, coincidental,
comfortable, commendable, compatible, composed, comprehensible,
concerned, confident, consistent, contrary, conventional, correct,
courteous, covered, delightful, dependent, descriptive, devoid,
different, dismissive, distinct, engrossed, exempt, explicable, factual,
fair, faithful, false, familiar, feasible, fictional, fictitious, fitting,
foreign, free, groundless, haphazard, happy, honourable, hostile,
ignorant, illegitimate, illogical, immaterial, immune, impersonal,
impractical, improper, inaccessible, inadequate, inappropriate,
incidental, incompatible, incongruous, indefensible, ineffective,
innocent, intact, irrelevant, isolated, justifiable, justified, lacking,
legitimate, logical, male, misguided, misleading, misplaced,
naked, negative, new, novel, occupied, opposed, optional, painless,
plausible, positive, possible, practical, pragmatic, predictable,
preoccupied, preventable, proper, random, rational, reasonable,
reliant, respectable, responsible, rigid, satisfactory, secret, secure,
self-contained, selfish, separate, sincere, straightforward, subject,
subjective, superficial, supportive, sure, sympathetic, transparent,
85 eternally -D
typical, unaffected, unaware, understandable, unexpected,
unfounded, unhappy, united, unknown, unmoved, unnecessary,
unnoticed, unprecedented, unscathed, unsuitable, useless,
voluntary.
environmentally -C
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, aware, benign, conscious, damaging,
destructive, friendly, harmful, harmless, hazardous, responsible,
safe, sensitive, sound, unfriendly.
equally -A
VERBS: apply, contribute, distribute, divide, prove, seem, share,
space, split, spread, treat.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, active, applicable, balanced, clear,
deserving, effective, good, important, impossible, impressive,
interesting, likely, probable, strong, suitable, true, unhappy, useful,
useless, valid, valuable.
especially -AA
ADJECTIVES: careful, complex, concerned, effective, evident, fond,
grateful, helpful, important, impressed, interested, interesting,
keen, kind, marked, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable,
numerous, pertinent, pleased, popular, powerful, prominent, prone,
pronounced, proud, rare, relevant, rich, sensitive, severe, skilled,
striking, suitable, suited, useful, valuable, vigilant, vulnerable.
essentially -A
VERBS: consist, mean, remain.
ADJECTIVES: alien, arbitrary, ceremonial, complementary,
concerned, conservative, correct, dependent, descriptive, different,
distinct, dynamic, equivalent, hierarchical, humanitarian, identical,
indefensible, instrumental, intact, isolated, liberal, male, masculine,
meaningless, negative, novel, optimistic, ordinary, passive, political,
positive, practical, pragmatic, rational, religious, rural, same, secular,
self-sufficient, separate, similar, static, subjective, subordinate,
traditional, trivial, true, unchanged.
eternally -D
VERBS: argue, exist, urge.
ethically -D 86
ADJECTIVES: grateful, hopeful, loved, optimistic, popular, present,

wedded to sth.
ethically -D
VERBS: behave, consider, invest.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, correct, justifiable, neutral, valuable.
ethnically -D
VERBS: mix.
ADJECTIVES: different, diverse, divided, homogeneous, mixed,
related.
euphemistically -D
VERBS: call, deny, describe, name, talk, term.
evasively -D
VERBS: act, answer, reply.
even -AAA
ADJECTIVES: better, colder, less, more difficult.
evenly -C
VERBS: apply, balance, coat, cook, distribute, divide, enquire,
match, reply, say, space, split, spread, sprinkle.
ADJECTIVES: balanced, covered, divided.
eventually -AA
VERBS: agree, arrive, become, bring, cease, collapse, come, concede,
dawn, decide, defeat, die, disappear, discover, drop, emerge, end,
evolve, fall, find, finish, force, gain, get, heal, incorporate, lead,
leave, lose, manage, mend, notice, overcome, persuade, prevail,
provoke, reach, realize, regain, reject, release, replace, resolve,
result, return, reward, settle, solve, split, spot, subside, succeed,
succumb, surrender, take, transfer, triumph, turn, undermine, win,
withdraw, work.
ADJECTIVES: triumphant, victorious.
87 excessively -D
evidently -BB
VERBS: change, decide, find, think.
ADJECTIVES: intent, pleased, surprised, unaware, upset.
exactly -AA
VERBS: calculate, coincide, correspond, define, describe, determine,
divide, do, duplicate, echo, express, fit, know, look, match, measure,
mimic, mirror, offset, pinpoint, predict, quote, remember, repeat,
reproduce, reverse, specify, spell, state, synchronize, tailor.
ADJECTIVES: alike, analogous, comparable, equal, equivalent,
identical, parallel, perpendicular, right, same, square, symmetrical,
synonymous.
exceedingly -D
ADJECTIVES: complex, dangerous, difficult, expensive, foolish,
fortunate, generous, handsome, hot, kind, likable, pleasant, rare,
rich, shallow, sharp, unpleasant, valuable, wealthy, well-behaved,
well-measured, worried.
excellently -D
VERBS: perform, play, work.
exceptionally -D
VERBS: harsh.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, brave, bright, busy, comfortable, complex,
costly, courageous, difficult, diverse, elaborate, fast, favourable,
fine, friendly, generous, gifted, good, harsh, high, hot, large, light,
long, low, lucky, mild, mobile, nice, powerful, pretty, prolific, rapid,
rare, rich, severe, smooth, strong, talented, tall, useful, valuable,
violent, warm, wealthy.
excessively -D
VERBS: drink.
ADJECTIVES: cautious, controlled, costly, dry, generous, high,
lenient, narrow, optimistic, regulated, rigid, shy.
excitedly -D 88
excitedly -D
VERBS: bark, chatter, cry, explain, laugh, talk, whisper.
exclusively -BB
VERBS: belong, concentrate, confine, consist, deal, design, devote,
feed, focus, gear, rely, reserve, reveal, use, work.
ADJECTIVES: composed, concerned, devoted, female, focused,
male, masculine, negative.
excruciatingly -D
ADJECTIVES: bad, boring, embarrassed, embarrassing, funny,
painful, uncomfortable.
exhaustively -D
VERBS: discuss, examine, research, test.
ADJECTIVES: documented, listed, studied.
expectantly -D
VERBS: look, wait.
expensively -D
VERBS: dress.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, educated, furnished, tailored.
experimentally -D
VERBS: change, confirm, demonstrate, measure, move, observe,
obtain, start, study, test, use.
expertly -D
VERBS: drive, land, manipulate, manoeuvre, navigate, pilot, steer.
explicitly -D
VERBS: acknowledge, address, assert, define, deny, endorse,
exclude, formulate, instruct, link, mention, model, reject, request,
say, specify, state.
ADJECTIVES: planned, trained.
89 extremely -AA
expressly -C
VERBS: agree, blame, concede, deny, design, exclude, exempt,
forbid, form, grant, incorporate, mention, order, prohibit, provide,
reject, request, reserve, state, tell.
ADJECTIVES: subject to.
exquisitely -D
VERBS: embroider, paint.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, charming, crafted, detailed, furnished,
handcarved, sensitive, tailored.
extensively -D
VERBS: damage, debate, discuss, employ, excavate, exploit, explore,
investigate, quote, rebuild, renovate, repair, research, restore,
review, revise, rewrite, study, test, tour, travel, utilize, write.
externally -D
VERBS: advertise, audit, cause, examine, fund, generate, impose,
use.
ADJECTIVES: imposed, visible.
extra -A
VERBS: pay.
ADJECTIVES: careful, hard, long, vigilant.
extraordinarily -C
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, candid, clever, complex, complicated,
courageous, detailed, difficult, excited, exciting, favourable, funny,
generous, good-looking, handsome, interesting, intricate, intriguing,
light, mobile, moving, persistent, pleasant, powerful, prolific, quiet,
rapid, resistant, rich, subtle, talented, vivid.
extremely -AA
VERBS: become, complicate, feel, harsh, late, logical, look, prove,
vary, work.
ADJECTIVES: able, absorbed, accomplished, accurate, active,
addictive, adept, advanced, advantageous, afraid, aggressive,
extremely -AA 90
agitated, alarmed, alarming, ambitious, amusing, ancient, angry,

annoyed, annoying, anxious, appealing, apprehensive, appropriate,
attractive, awkward, bad, bad-tempered, beautiful, beneficial,
biased, big, bitter, bleak, bold, boring, brave, brief, bright, broad,
bureaucratic, busy, calm, capable, careful, careless, casual, cautious,
challenging, characteristic, charming, cheap, cheerful, civil,
clean, clear, clever, close, cold, comfortable, comforting, comical,
common, compelling, competent, competitive, complacent,
complex, complicated, complimentary, composed, comprehensive,
concerned, confident, confidential, confused, confusing, conscious,
conservative, contented, controversial, convenient, convincing,
cordial, costly, courageous, courteous, coy, critical, cross, crowded,
cruel, curious, cynical, damaging, dangerous, decorative,
degrading, delicate, demanding, democratic, dependable,
depressed, depressing, deprived, desirable, destructive, detailed,
detrimental, devoted, difficult, direct, dirty, disadvantaged,
disappointed, disappointing, disillusioned, disruptive, distasteful,
distinctive, distraught, distressing, disturbed, diverse, dominant,
doubtful, dramatic, drunk, dry, dubious, dull, early, easy, eccentric,
economical, effective, efficient, elaborate, elegant, eloquent, elusive,
embarrassed, embarrassing, emotional, encouraging, energetic,
entertaining, enthusiastic, envious, erratic, excited, exciting,
expensive, experienced, exposed, faint, faithful, familiar, far-fetched,
fashionable, fast, favourable, fearful, fertile, fit, flattering, flexible,
fluid, flushed, fond, foolish, formal, fortunate, fragrant, frail, frank,
frequent, friendly, frightening, fruitful, frustrated, frustrating, full,
funny, fuzzy, generous, gentle, gifted, glad, good, good-looking,
grateful, gratifying, guilty, handsome, happy, hard, harmful,
harsh, hazardous, hazy, healthy, heavy, helpful, hierarchical, high,
hoarse, honest, hopeful, hostile, hot, humorous, hungry, hurt,
ill, illuminating, imaginative, impatient, important, imprecise,
impressed, impressive, improbable, inaccurate, inconvenient,
indignant, inefficient, informal, informative, ingenious, insecure,
insensitive, insistent, instructive, intelligent, intense, interested,
interesting, intolerant, intricate, intriguing, intrusive, intuitive,
involved, ironic, irresponsible, isolated, keen, kind, knowledgeable,
large, late, lazy, lengthy, lenient, light, likeable, likely, limited,
logical, lonely, long-lived, low, luxurious, marked, masculine,
mellow, memorable, militant, minor, misleading, mixed, modest,
motivated, muddled, muddy, muted, naïve, narrow, nasty, neat,
negative, neglected, negligent, nervous, nice, noisy, noticeable,
91 extremely -AA
novel, nutritious, obscure, obvious, odd, offensive, old, opaque,
open, optimistic, organized, original, overcrowded, overgrown,
overweight, painful, pale, passive, patchy, patient, patronizing,
peaceful, perceptive, permissive, persistent, personal, persuasive,
pertinent, pessimistic, plain, plausible, pleasant, pleased, pleasing,
poignant, poisonous, polite, poor, popular, positive, possessive,
potent, powerful, practical, predictable, prejudiced, prestigious,
pretty, probable, productive, professional, profitable, prolific,
prominent, promising, proud, provocative, prudent, puzzled,
quick, quiet, rapid, rare, reactionary, readable, realistic, reasonable,
reassuring, refreshing, regrettable, relaxed, relevant, reliable,
relieved, reluctant, remote, repetitive, repressed, repulsive,
resentful, reserved, resilient, resistant, respectable, responsible,
responsive, restrictive, rewarding, rich, rigid, risky, romantic,
rude, rural, sad, safe, sarcastic, satisfied, satisfying, scarce, scared,
sceptical, secretive, secure, seductive, selective, self-contained,
selfish, sensible, sensitive, serious, severe, sexy, shaky, shallow,
sharp, shocking, short, shy, sick, significant, silly, similar, simple,
simplistic, sinister, skilful, skilled, slack, sleepy, slight, slippery, slow,
small, smooth, soft, solid, sophisticated, sorry, sound, sour, spacious,
stable, stale, steady, steep, stimulating, straightforward, strained,
strange, stressful, striking, strong, subtle, successful, superficial,
supple, supportive, surprised, surprising, susceptible, suspicious,
sweet, sympathetic, talented, tall, tame, technical, tedious, tense,
thankful, thick, thin, threatening, tidy, tight, tiny, tired, tolerant,
tough, toxic, tranquil, transparent, traumatic, treacherous, trivial,
typical, ugly, unbalanced, uncertain, uncomfortable, undesirable,
uneasy, unfair, unfashionable, unfortunate, unfriendly, unhappy,
unlikely, unlucky, unpleasant, unpopular, unreasonable, unstable,
untidy, unusual, unwell, upset, urgent, useful, vague, valid, valuable,
variable, varied, versatile, viable, vigilant, vigorous, violent, vivid,
vocal, volatile, vulnerable, warm, wary, weak, wealthy.
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fabulously -D 92
F
fabulously -D
VERBS: dance, play.
ADJECTIVES: rich, expensive, successful, wealthy.
factually -D
ADJECTIVES: accurate, correct, incorrect.
faintly -D
VERBS: blush, echo, flicker, gesture, gleam, glimmer, glow, hope,
illuminate, linger, praise, resemble, shine, smell, smile, taste,
whine.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, alarmed, alarming, amused, annoyed,
apologetic, audible, bemused, bored, comic, comical, depressing,
eccentric, embarrassed, familiar, flushed, golden, guilty, irritated,
menacing, organized, pink, puzzled, reassuring, reminiscent,
ridiculous, sarcastic, sick, sinister, suggestive, surprised, visible,
warm.
fairly -A
VERBS: act, deal, dismiss, distribute, judge, late, price, remain,
represent, seem, shake, treat.
ADJECTIVES: able, abstract, acceptable, accurate, active, adaptable,
advanced, advantageous, aggressive, ambivalent, arbitrary, average,
awesome, bad, balanced, benign, big, boring, brief, bright, broad,
busy, calm, careful, casual, cautious, certain, chaotic, characteristic,
cheap, cheerful, clean, clear, close, cold, comfortable, common,
commonplace, competent, competitive, complete, complex,
complicated, composed, comprehensive, conclusive, confident,
conservative, consistent, constant, content, conventional, convinced,
convincing, cool, costly, crowded, crucial, cynical, deep, demanding,
democratic, depressing, deserving, detailed, determined, direct,
disastrous, dismal, distant, distasteful, distinct, distinctive,
dominant, dramatic, drunk, dull, early, easy, eccentric, economical,
effective, efficient, elaborate, empty, entertaining, enthusiastic,
erratic, essential, even, evident, exhausting, exhaustive, expensive,
93 falsely -D
explicit, exposed, extreme, faithful, familiar, fast, favourable, firm,
fit, flat, flexible, fluid, formal, frank, free, frequent, frightening,
full, fundamental, generous, gentle, good, handy, haphazard,
happy, hard, harmless, hazy, healthy, heavy, helpful, hierarchical,
high, homogeneous, hopeful, horrific, hot, impartial, important,
imprecise, impressed, impressive, improbable, inactive, inconclusive,
indefensible, inexpensive, informal, infrequent, innocuous,
insensitive, insignificant, insistent, intact, intelligent, intense,
interested, interesting, intuitive, keen, large, late, lengthy, liberal,
light, limited, literate, long, low, meaningless, mild, minor, mixed,
mobile, moderate, modest, mundane, naïve, narrow, natural, neat,
negative, neutral, new, noisy, normal, nutritious, objective, obscure,
observant, obvious, old, optimistic, orderly, ordinary, orthodox,
passive, peaceful, persuasive, plain, pleasant, pleased, pointless,
polite, popular, positive, powerful, predictable, productive,
proficient, prolific, prolonged, prominent, pronounced, quick, quiet,
radical, random, rapid, rare, realistic, reasonable, recent, regular,
relaxed, reliable, remote, representative, respectable, responsible,
responsive, restrained, restricted, restrictive, rich, rigid, safe,
satisfactory, satisfied, sceptical, secluded, secure, selective, self-
contained, self-evident, self-sufficient, senior, sensible, sensitive,
serious, settled, severe, shallow, sharp, sheltered, short, shy,
significant, silent, simple, simplistic, skilful, skinny, slack, slender,
slight, slow, small, smooth, sober, soft, solid, sombre, sophisticated,
sound, spacious, specialized, specific, stable, staggering, standard,
static, steady, steep, stiff, straight forward, straight, strange,
stressful, strong, subdued, subtle, successful, superficial, sure,
swift, symmetrical, sympathetic, tall, taxing, thick, thin, tidy, tight,
tolerable, tough, traditional, tranquil, transparent, traumatic, trivial,
typical, uncommon, understandable, unpleasant, unusual, useful,
useless, usual, vague, versatile, violent, volatile, weak, wealthy.
faithfully -CC
VERBS: echo, follow, mirror, observe, perform, promise, record,
reflect, repeat, reproduce, restore, serve.
falsely -D
VERBS: accuse, assume, believe, claim, identify, imprison, label,
promise, represent, smile, state, tell.
ADJECTIVES: cheerful, inflated, modest.
far and wide 94
far and wide

VERBS: spread.
far from
ADJECTIVES: blameless, complacent, complete, conclusive,
convincing, flattering, gloomy, happy, immune, impossible,
impressive, inspiring, negligible, obvious, one-sided, perfect,
pleased, preferable, satisfactory, satisfied, static, straightforward,
sufficient, superior, true, uncommon, unique, universal, usual.
fast -AA
VERBS: approach, beat, become, breathe, change, decline, drive,
drop, dwindle, expand, fade, fall, fill, flow, fly, go, grow, happen,
learn, move, recede, ride, rise, run, shrink, sink, spin, spread, travel,
walk, work.
ADJECTIVES: asleep, stuck.
fatally -D
VERBS: injure, shoot, underestimate, undermine, weaken, wound.
ADJECTIVES: damaged, flawed, ill, injured, shot, weakened,
wounded.
favourably -D
VERBS: comment, compare, contrast, impress, position, react,
respond, review, treat, view.
ADJECTIVES: disposed, impressed, inclined.
fearfully -D
VERBS: ask, glance, look.
fervently -D
VERBS: admire, appeal, believe, hope, nod, pray, support, wish.
fiendishly -D
VERBS: plan, yell.
ADJECTIVES: clever, complicated, difficult, evil.
95 finely -C
fiercely -D
VERBS: argue, attack, burn, cling, compete, concentrate, condemn,
contest, criticize, debate, defend, demand, denounce, deny, dispute,
fight, glare, glitter, grow, guard, hug, kiss, mutter, oppose, quarrel,
resist, say, scowl, shake, stare, struggle, whisper.
ADJECTIVES: committed, competitive, critical, determined, hostile,
indefensible, independent, indignant, nationalistic, opposed,
patriotic, possessive, protective, proud.
filthy
ADJECTIVES: dirty, rich.
finally -AA
VERBS: agree, arrive, become, break, catch, cease, collapse, come,
concede, crack, dawn, decide, defeat, disappear, drop, emerge, end,
find, finish, fulfil, gain, get, give, halt, heal, incorporate, leave,
make, manage, notice, overcome, persuade, prevail, provoke, reach,
realize, recognize, regain, reject, release, resolve, reward, say,
settle, snap, solve, split, spot, subside, succeed, succumb, surrender,
triumph, turn, win.
financially -D
VERBS: aid, back, benefit, compensate, contribute, cripple, lose,
manage, penalize, ruin, struggle, succeed, support.
ADJECTIVES: accountable, advantageous, assist, astute, benefit,
committed, control, dependent, disadvantaged, disastrous,
embarrassed, exhausted, feasible, gain, healthy, help, impossible,
indefensible, insecure, justified, liable, privileged, profitable,
responsible, rewarding, secure, self-sufficient, sound, stable,
succeed, support, troubled, viable.
fine -A
VERBS: cut sth, do, fit sb, go, suit sb.
finely -C
VERBS: adjust, balance, chop, crush, dice, engineer, grate, grind,
hone, judge, mince, shred, sift, slice, tune.
ADJECTIVES: balanced, carved, chopped, crafted, detailed,
firmly -D 96
developed, grated, poised, tailored, tuned.
firmly -D
VERBS: act, adhere, align, anchor, attach, back, base, believe, bolt,
clamp, cling, close, clutch, conclude, control, decide, declare, deny,
discourage, endorse, establish, fasten, fix, focus, glue, grasp, grip,
ground, guide, hold, insist, kiss, link, massage, offer, oppose, pin,
pinch, place, plant, position, press, push, reject, reply, repress, resist,
rule, say, screw, seal, secure, shake, stand, state, stick, strap, strike,
subordinate, suppress, tape, tell, tie, tuck, uphold, warn, wedge,
wrap.
ADJECTIVES: attached, closed, committed, convinced, embedded,
fixed, opposed, rooted, shut, stuck, united.
fitfully -D
VERBS: doze, sleep, slumber.
flat -A
VERBS: lay, lie, tell.
ADJECTIVES: broke.
flatly -D
VERBS: ask, contradict, deny, echo, oppose, refuse, reject, reply,
respond, retort, say, speak, state, tell.
fleetingly -D
VERBS: glimpse, meet, think, visit, wonder.
fondly -D
VERBS: believe, gaze, hope, imagine, recall, remember, smile,
speak, think, write.
forcefully -D
VERBS: approach, argue, assert, attack, deny, oppose, remind,
respond, speak.
forcibly -D
VERBS: deport, eject, enter, evict, expel, incorporate, prevent, put,
97 frantically -D
rape, remind, remove, repatriate, restrain, return, strike.
forever -BB
VERBS: change, disappear, go, last, live, lose, remain, stay, take,
vanish, wait.
formally -D
VERBS: abandon, acknowledge, adopt, annex, announce, appoint,
approve, ask, ban, bow, called, charge, clear, declare, define,
denounce, deny, designate, dissolve, dress, elect, end, endorse,
establish, file, greet, hand, identify, inaugurate, initiate, introduce,
issue, know, launch, nominate, notify, open, order, organize, present,
proclaim, protest, recognize, register, reject, request, resign, restore,
say, seal, set, separate, sign, split, state, submit, surrender, test,
transfer, unveil, vote, welcome, withdraw.
ADJECTIVES: distinct, educated, identical, organized, polite,
responsible, subordinate, trained.
formerly -BB
VERBS: called, hold, known as, occupy, own, rule, use.
ADJECTIVES: secret.
forward(s) -C
VERBS: crawl, dash, ease, face, go, jerk, lean, leap, lurch, march,
move, pitch, plunge, press, roll, sag, shuffle, slide, slump, spring,
stagger, step, strain, stretch, stride, stumble, sway, thrust, tilt,
walk.
fractionally -D
VERBS: increase, hesitate, higher, lift, lower, narrow, tighten.
frankly -CC
VERBS: admit, speak.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, baffled, curious, impossible.
frantically -D
VERBS: act, attempt, bark, beat, dash, kick, pack up, paddle, race,
rush, scramble, search, signal, stuff, think, try, wave.
free 98
ADJECTIVES: busy.
free
VERBS: be, become, break, come, cut sb/sth, deliver, distribute,
feel, get, keep sth, leave sb, let sb/sth, look, provide, pull sb/sth,
pull, remain, roam, seem, set sb/sth, stay, supply, walk, wriggle.
freely -BB
VERBS: acknowledge, admit, apply, borrow, breathe, choose,
circulate, confess, consent, elect, express, float, flow, give, laugh,
mingle, mix, move, negotiate, roam, rotate, run, speak, spend, spin,
talk, trade, translate, travel, use, wander.
ADJECTIVES: accessible, available, mobile, soluble, transferable.
freezing
ADJECTIVES: cold.
frequently -AA
VERBS: appear, ask, call, cite, criticize, employ, encounter, find,
hear, mention, occur, overlook, quote, recur, refer, referred, remind,
use.
ADJECTIVES: used.
freshly -CC
VERBS: bake, cook, dig, grate, grind, make, paint, pick.
ADJECTIVES: baked, chopped, cooked, ground, polished, prepared,
squeezed.
full-time -C
VERBS: study, teach, work.
fully -AA
VERBS: accept, accord, account, acknowledge, address, adhere,
agree, align, analyze, answer, appreciate, articulate, assess,
assimilate, back, become, book, brief, clarify, clothe, commit,
compensate, comply, comprehend, concentrate, concur, conform,
contribute, cooperate, cost, deal, debate, define, describe, deserve,
99 fundamentally -C
develop, digest, disclose, discuss, dress, embrace, enclose, endorse,
enforce, engage, equip, evaluate, examine, excavate, expect,
explain, exploit, explore, expose, express, focus, formulate, fund,
grasp, grow, harness, illustrate, immerse, implement, incorporate,
inflate, inform, integrate, intend, investigate, justify, master, mature,
occupy, participate, pay, penetrate, prepare, protect, qualify, realize,
recognize, recover, register, reimburse, repay, research, resolve,
restore, review, revise, safeguard, satisfy, scrutinize, service, shake,
share, specify, spell, staff, stock, stretch, study, subscribe, supervise,
support, sympathize, test, trust, understand, update, utilize, vet.
ADJECTIVES: absorbed, acceptable, accessible, accountable,
acquainted, adjustable, alert, alive, apparent, armed, armoured,
attainable, automatic, autonomous, awake, aware, bilingual,
capable, carpeted, centralized, charged, clad, clothed, committed,
compatible, competent, comprehensible, comprehensive, confident,
conscious, consistent, convinced, credible, democratic, detachable,
detailed, developed, domesticated, dynamic, educated, effective,
efficient, engaged, erect, experienced, explicit, exposed, familiar,
fit, fledged, flexible, furnished, grown, inclusive, indefensible,
independent, informed, insured, interactive, interchangeable,
justified, laden, liable, lined, literate, loaded, mature, mobile,
occupied, open, operational, operative, organic, portable,
professional, proficient, proven, qualified, rational, representative,
responsible, responsive, ripe, rounded, satisfactory, satisfied, skilled,
submerged, supportive, symmetrical, taxable, trained, transferable,
transparent, united, upright, up-to-date, visible.
functionally -D
VERBS: analyze, assess.
ADJECTIVES: designed, different, equivalent, illiterate, important,
related, responsible, significant.
fundamentally -C
VERBS: alter, change, differ, disagree, oppose, reform, remain,
transform.
ADJECTIVES: correct, different, dishonest, distinct, dynamic,
flawed, healthy, important, impractical, incompatible, misguided,
opposed, related, religious, sound, unchanged, weak, wrong.
furiously -D 100
furiously -D
VERBS: argue, bark, blush, bubble, debate, demand, glare, hiss,
nod, paddle, puff, quarrel, retort, say, scribble, shout, struggle, type,
wag, whisper, yell.
ADJECTIVES: angry, jealous.
further -D
VERBS: aggravate, clarify, complicate, confuse, contribute, curtail,
decline, defer, delay, demonstrate, develop, deteriorate, discuss,
drop, elaborate, enhance, enquire, erode, exaggerate, examine,
expand, exploit, explore, facilitate, fall, go, heighten, intensify,
investigate, press, probe, progress, pursue, question, recede,
reduce, refine, reinforce, restrict, retreat, reward, rise, shrink,
stimulate, strengthen, talk, travel, underline, undermine, venture,
walk, weaken.
ADJECTIVES: advanced, disadvantaged, inflamed.
further afield
VERBS: explore, wander.
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101 gently -A
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gaily -D
VERBS: call, chatter, decorate, greet, laugh, sing, talk, twinkle,
paint, wave.
ADJECTIVES: coloured, decorated, -lit (lighted), painted.
generally -AA
VERBS: accept, acknowledge, agree, become, believe, confine,
consider, employ, exceed, find, hold, ignore, imply, know, observe,
overlook, permit, prefer, refer, regard, speak, term, translate, use.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, accepted, accurate, available,
conservative, excellent, favourable, healthy, helpful, hostile,
impossible, inadequate, inefficient, low, negative, optimistic,
pessimistic, positive, satisfactory, satisfied, supportive, sympathetic,
unable, unaware, unpopular, useful.
generously -D
VERBS: butter, contribute, donate, fund, give, help, offer, respond,
reward, space, splash, spread, supply, support, tip.
genetically -D
VERBS: change, control, manipulate, modify, test, transmit, vary.
ADJECTIVES: determined, different, identical, inherited,
susceptible.
gently -A
VERBS: ascend, ask, blow, bob, breathe, brush, caress, clean,
cleanse, coax, cook, cradle, curve, descend, dip, drop, ease, flap,
float, fold, fry, grip, guide, heat, hiss, hug, incline, insert, insist, kiss,
lap, laugh, lay, lift, massage, mix, mock, move, murmur, nod, nudge,
pat, patter, persuade, pinch, place, press, probe, pull, push, rap,
rebuke, remind, replace, reply, reprimand, rest, ripple, rock, rotate,
rub, say, scold, scrape, shake, shelve, simmer, sing, slap, slide, slope,
smile, smooth, snore, squeeze, stir, stretch, stroke, sway, swing, tap,
tease, toss, touch, tread, tuck, tug, twist, vibrate, waft, wake, warm,
genuinely -C 102
wash, wave, whip, wipe, withdraw.

ADJECTIVES: rounded.
genuinely -C
VERBS: care, embrace, fear, want.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, amazed, amused, anxious, committed,
concerned, creative, curious, delighted, democratic, enthusiastic,
equal, fond, friendly, frightening, funny, grateful, happy, ill,
impressed, indefensible, interested, modest, mystified, needy,
perplexed, pleased, popular, puzzled, radical, shocked, sorry,
spontaneous, suited, surprised, sympathetic, tragic, unable, upset,
useful, warm.
geographically -D
VERBS: define, disperse, distribute, locate, spread, vary.
ADJECTIVES: concentrated, distant, distinct, isolated, mobile,
remote, scattered, separate.
gladly -D
VERBS: accept, give, greet, meet, pay, react, retire, say, stop,
tolerate.
glaringly -D
ADJECTIVES: apparent, clear, exposed, obvious, plain.
gloomily -D
VERBS: picture, reflect, shake, stare, think.
glumly -D
VERBS: nod, silent, stare, think.
gracefully -D
VERBS: accept, apologize, behave, dance, move, pose, refuse, rise
to your feet, sink, sketch, slide.
graciously -D
VERBS: accept, apologize, bend forward, incline your head.
103 greatly -BB

gradually -A
VERBS: absorb, accumulate, add, adjust, become, begin, build,
cease, change, climb, come, cut, dawn, decline, decrease, descend,
deteriorate, develop, disappear, dissolve, dwindle, ease, emerge,
erode, evolve, expand, extend, fade, fall, fill, gain, get, grow, heal,
improve, incorporate, increase, introduce, learn, lessen, lose, modify,
mount, move, overcome, pour, recede, recover, reduce, regain,
relax, replace, rise, seep, shift, shrink, slow, spread, stir, strengthen,
subside, take, transfer, transform, turn, undermine, wane, warm,
weaken, wean, widen, withdraw.
grammatically -D
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, correct, incorrect, perfect.
grandly -D
VERBS: declare, name, say.
ADJECTIVES: furnished.
graphically -D
VERBS: depict, describe, demonstrate, document, highlight,
illustrate, portray, present, record, represent, show.
gratefully -D
VERBS: accept, acknowledge, nod, receive, seize, sink, sip, smile,
thank.
gravely -D
VERBS: agree, doubt, impair, listen, look, mistake, nod, offend,
risk, say, tell, threaten, wound.
ADJECTIVES: concerned, damaging, ill, injured, mistaken.
greatly -BB
VERBS: accelerate, add, admire, advance, affect, age, aggravate,
alleviate, alter, amuse, anger, appreciate, assist, benefit, boost,
change, cheer, comfort, complicate, contribute, curb, depend,
desire, differ, diminish, dislike, disturb, ease, encourage, endanger,
enhance, enjoy, enlarge, envy, exaggerate, exceed, expand, extend,
facilitate, fear, hamper, heighten, help, hinder, illuminate, impair,
greedily -D 104
impede, impress, improve, inconvenience, increase, influence,

intensify, interest, lessen, magnify, miss, modify, offend, outnumber,
outweigh, overestimate, prefer, reduce, regret, reinforce, relieve,
resemble, resent, respect, restrict, sadden, simplify, stimulate, stir,
strengthen, suffer, surprise, trouble, underestimate, undermine,
value, vary, weaken, welcome, widen.
ADJECTIVES: advanced, alarmed, amused, concerned, delighted,
dependent, disadvantaged, disappointed, disturbed, enhanced,
honoured, impressed, improved, increased, indebted, inferior,
inflated, interested, preferable, reduced, relieved, shocked, superior,
surprised, touched, troubled, upset.
greedily -D
VERBS: devour, drink, eat, eye, grab, gulp.
grimly -D
VERBS: laugh, mutter, nod, reply, retort, say, smile, stare, think.
ADJECTIVES: determined, realistic, silent.
grossly -D
VERBS: disfigure, distort, exaggerate, misinterpret, misrepresent,
misuse, neglect, overestimate, simplify, underestimate, violate.
ADJECTIVES: disproportionate, excessive, exorbitant, fat,
ignorant, inaccurate, inadequate, incompetent, indecent,
inefficient, inflated, irresponsible, misleading, neglected, negligent,
offensive, overcrowded, overweight, simplistic, swollen, unfair,
unreasonable.
grotesquely -D
VERBS: imitate, perform, portray.
ADJECTIVES: comic, inappropriate, shaped.
grudgingly -D
VERBS: admire, admit, agree, concede, hand, tolerate.
gruffly -D
VERBS: behave, mutter, reply, say.
105 guiltily -D
guiltily -D
VERBS: blush, flush, leap, think.
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halfway -CC 106
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halfway -CC
VERBS: go, leave.
ADJECTIVES: decent.
handsomely -D
VERBS: contribute, illustrate, pay, restore, reward, win.
happily -B
VERBS: accept, agree, beam, blend, chat, chatter, end, grin, hum,
laugh, live, marry, mix, nod, play, say, settle, sigh, sing, sink, skip,
smile, splash, take, trot, wander, wave.
ADJECTIVES: engrossed, married, occupied, settled.
hard -A
VERBS: accelerate, bang, bargain, bash, battle, bite, blink, blow,
brake, breathe, campaign, clamp, concentrate, fight, grip, hit, kick,
kiss, listen, lobby, look, play, ponder, practise, pray, press, prune,
puff, pull, punch, push, put, rain, ram, ride, rub, shove, slam, slap,
smack, snow, squeeze, stamp, stare, strain, strike, strive, struggle,
study, swallow, tackle, think, thrust, thud, thump, train, try, tug,
win, wish, work.
hardly -AA
VERBS: affect, afford, bear, believe, blame, care, change, cover, dare,
deserve, deter, endear, expect, figure, flinch, glance, hear, imagine,
impinge, justify, know, logical, look, matter, mention, merit, move,
need, notice, pause, penetrate, qualify, recognize, recover, register,
see, seem, show, sleep, slow, solve, spare, speak, stir, summon,
suppress, surprise, survive, touch, trouble, vary, wait, warrant.
ADJECTIVES: able, adequate, audible, awake, aware, bearable,
believable, capable, cheap, comforting, compatible, conclusive,
conducive, conscious, convincing, credible, crucial, distinguishable,
dry, encouraging, fair, feasible, flattering, imaginable, impressive,
107 heavily -AA

inspiring, justified, likely, literate, logical, noticeable, perceptible,
plausible, practical, promising, reassuring, recognizable, relevant,
sensible, straightforward, sufficient, suitable, suited, surprised,
surprising, true, unique, unusual, visible.
harmoniously -D
VERBS: blend, integrate, live.
harshly -D
VERBS: criticize, demand, grate, interrupt, judge, laugh, mutter,
punish, retort, say, speak, treat.
ADJECTIVES: critical.
hastily -D
VERBS: abandon, act, add, arrange, assemble, avert, back, clear,
erect, gather, improvise, push, reply, retreat, say, step, stuff, summon,
swallow, wipe, withdraw, write.
head first
VERBS: dive, plunge.
headlong -D
VERBS: charge, dive, fall, hurl, pitch, plunge, run, rush.
head-on -D
VERBS: collide, crash, deal with a problem, face, hit, meet, smash,
tackle.
heartily -D
VERBS: agree, approve, dislike, eat, endorse, laugh, recommend,
welcome, wish.
ADJECTIVES: glad, sick, tired.
heavily -AA
VERBS: accent, advertise, arm, bear, become, bleed, bomb,
bombard, borrow, brake, breathe, build, censor, coat, colour,
concentrate, contribute, criticized, criticize, defeat, depend,
deplete, draw, drink, drop, embroider, exploit, fall, farm, feature,
helplessly -D 108
fine, focus, frown, guard, hit, illustrate, implicate, imply, influence,

invest, involve, land, lean, limp, lose, market, modify, outnumber,
outweigh, pad, pant, penalize, perspire, polluted, pollute, populate,
promote, prune, rain, reinforce, relied, rely, rest, revise, roll, scowl,
sigh, sleep, slump, smoke, snow, spend, stress, subsidize, swing,
tax, thump, tread, underline, use, utilize, weigh.
ADJECTIVES: armed, armoured, asleep, biased, committed,
concentrated, congested, dependent, engaged, exposed, fortified,
indebted, infected, infested, insulated, involved, ironic, laden,
lined, loaded, marked, masculine, overcast, overweight, patterned,
populated, pregnant, qualified, reliant, restricted, scented,
symbolic.
helplessly -D
VERBS: cry, drift, exclaim, flail, gesture, giggle, laugh, look, pin,
repeat, shake, shrug, slide, slither, stare, thrash, tremble, wail,
watch.
helpfully -D
VERBS: advise, hint, offer, provide, suggest.
hesitantly -D
VERBS: approach, come forward, conclude, reply, smile, speak.
hideously -D
VERBS: scar.
ADJECTIVES: charred, dressed, drunk, expensive, fat, misshapen,
scarred, swollen, ugly.
hierarchically -D
VERBS: order, structure.
ADJECTIVES: organized, structured.
high -AAA
VERBS: bounce, climb, fly, hit, leap, rank, soar.
highly -AA
VERBS: become, charge, correlate, develop, dilute, educate,
109 highly -AA

feature, magnify, motivate, organize, pay, place, praise, price, prize,
publicize, qualify, rank, rate, recommend, regard, remain, respect,
reward, score, seem, speak, specialize, string, structure, train,
value.
ADJECTIVES: abstract, acceptable, accessible, accomplished,
accurate, active, adaptable, addictive, adept, advanced, advantageous,
aggressive, agitated, ambiguous, ambitious, ambivalent, amenable,
amused, amusing, articulate, artificial, authoritarian, beneficial,
bureaucratic, capable, cautious, centralized, characteristic, charged,
coloured, commendable, committed, compatible, competent,
competitive, complex, complicated, complimentary, concentrated,
conducive, confidential, confused, confusing, congested, conscious,
conservative, consistent, conspicuous, contagious, contentious,
contrived, controversial, convenient, conventional, corrosive,
courageous, creative, credible, creditable, critical, culpable, cultivated,
cultured, damaging, dangerous, debatable, deceptive, decorative,
dedicated, delighted, demanding, dependent, descriptive, desirable,
destructive, detailed, detrimental, developed, disconcerting,
disorganized, disreputable, disruptive, distasteful, distinctive,
distressing, diverse, doubtful, dramatic, dubious, dynamic, eccentric,
economical, educated, effective, efficient, elaborate, embarrassed,
embarrassing, emotional, emotive, encouraging, energetic,
enigmatic, entertaining, enthusiastic, erotic, exceptional, excitable,
excited, expensive, experienced, explicit, explosive, exposed,
expressive, fashionable, favourable, fertile, flavoured, flexible,
fluid, gifted, gregarious, hazardous, honoured, illegal, illuminating,
imaginative, imperfect, impertinent, implausible, impracticable,
impractical, impressionable, impressive, improbable, improper,
inadvisable, inappropriate, inconsistent, inconvenient, indebted,
indignant, ineffective, inefficient, infectious, inflamed, inflammable,
inflexible, influential, informal, informative, ingenious, inquisitive,
insensitive, insoluble, instructive, instrumental, insulting, intelligent,
intensive, interactive, interesting, intolerant, intricate, intriguing,
intuitive, inventive, irregular, irresponsible, knowledgeable, likely,
limited, literate, logical, marketable, militant, misleading, mobile,
motivated, nervous, nutritious, observant, offensive, optical,
optimistic, organized, original, ornamental, ornate, orthodox,
paid, patterned, perceptive, perishable, permissive, personal,
persuasive, pertinent, plausible, pleasurable, poisonous, polarized,
polished, polluted, popular, populated, portable, positive,
potent, practical, pragmatic, predictable, prestigious, privileged,
historically -C 110
probable, productive, professional, profitable, progressive, prolific,

promising, prone, prophetic, protective, provocative, qualified,
questionable, radioactive, rational, reactionary, readable, reflective,
refreshing, regrettable, regular, relevant, reliable, reliant, religious,
reminiscent, repetitive, reputable, resilient, resistant, resourceful,
respectable, responsible, responsive, restricted, restrictive,
revealing, rewarding, risky, romantic, satisfactory, satisfying,
scented, sceptical, scientific, secret, secretive, selective, self-
conscious, sensitive, significant, simplistic, skilful, skilled, soluble,
sophisticated, specialized, specific, speculative, stable, stressful,
subjective, successful, suggestive, suitable, supportive, susceptible,
suspect, suspicious, symbolic, symmetrical, sympathetic, talented,
technical, temperamental, theoretical, toxic, trained, transferable,
typical, uncertain, undesirable, unlikely, unnatural, unorthodox,
unpleasant, unpopular, unstable, unsuitable, unusual, useful,
valuable, variable, varied, venomous, versatile, visible, vocal,
volatile, vulnerable.
historically -C
VERBS: trace, vary.
ADJECTIVES: accurate, distinct, important, inaccurate, inevitable,
interesting, unprecedented.
hitherto -C
VERBS: hold, neglect, regard, rule.
ADJECTIVES: impossible, neglected, secret, separate, unheard-of,
unknown, unnoticed, unthinkable.
hoarsely -D
VERBS: laugh, mutter, shout, whisper.
hollowly -D
VERBS: echo, laugh.
home -A
VERBS: arrive, bring, come, drive, fly, get, go, hammer, head, hit,
order, press, push, reach, return, ride, run, rush, send, stay, strike,
travel, trudge, walk, write.
111 hugely -D
honestly -BB
VERBS: admit, answer, believe, expect, not know, reply, say, think.
honourably -D
VERBS: agree, arrange, behave, conduct, discharge.
hopefully -BB
VERBS: ask, enquire, look, say.
hopelessly -D
VERBS: divide, mismanage, outnumber, stare, walk.
ADJECTIVES: addicted, biased, bogged down, confused,
confusing, congested, dated, disorganized, drunk, entangled, fall
in love, flawed, impractical, inaccurate, inadequate, inarticulate,
incompetent, inefficient, inexperienced, lost, muddled, optimistic,
romantic, tangled, vague.
horizontally -D
VERBS: align, excavate, mount, throw.
horribly -D
VERBS: mutilate.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, aware, conspicuous, drunk, empty, expensive,
false, familiar, go wrong, gruesome, mangled, scarred, self-conscious,
sick, sticky, swollen.
hotly -D
VERBS: blush, contest, debate, defend, deny, dispute.
ADJECTIVES: contested, pursued.
hugely -D
VERBS: admire, enjoy, expand, magnify, yawn.
ADJECTIVES: ambitious, complex, disappointed, disappointing,
entertaining, expensive, fat, important, impressive, inflated,
popular, profitable, relieved, successful, talented.
humanely -D 112
humanely -D
VERBS: destroy, slaughter, treat.
humourlessly -D
VERBS: laugh, serious, smile.
humbly -D
VERBS: apologize, beg, express regret.
hungrily -D
VERBS: devour, eat, eye, kiss.
hurriedly -D
VERBS: arrange, back, dress, eat, have dinner/lunch/breakfast,
make notes, push, reply, say.
huskily -D
VERBS: breathe, murmur, mutter, say, whisper.
hysterically -D
VERBS: cry, giggle, laugh, ring off, scream, shout, sob, yell.
ADJECTIVES: funny.
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113 immaculately -D
I
ideally -CC
VERBS: locate, place, position, situated, suit.
ADJECTIVES: qualified, situated, suited.
icily -D
VERBS: ask, reply, say, stare.
ideologically -D
VERBS: oppose, separate.
ADJECTIVES: bankrupt, biased, committed, correct, inspired,
loaded, motivated, neutral, sound.
idly -D
VERBS: chat, chatter, flick through (a magazine etc), glance,
gossip, lie, pick, remark, sip, speculate, stand, stand by, talk, watch,
wonder.
ADJECTIVES: curious.
ill -A
VERBS: afford, -treat.
ADJECTIVES: -advised, -conceived, -defined, -educated, -equipped,
-informed, -mannered, -prepared, -tempered.
illegally -D
VERBS: act, annex, buy, copy, dump, enter, execute, export, import,
park, possess, rule, slaughter, trade, use.
ADJECTIVES: occupied.
immaculately -D
VERBS: dress, perform, precise.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, groomed, tailored, tidy.
immediately -AA 114
immediately -AA
VERBS: act, burst, cease, confront, contact, declare, deny, dispose
of, draw, embark, follow, hand, inform, issue, leap, notice, notify,
obey, order, perceive, precede, produce, provoke, react, recognize,
regret, reject, release, replace, reply, resolve, respond, reward, rule,
rush, seize, serve, start, stop, strike, surrender, surround, suspend,
take effect, transfer, withdraw.
ADJECTIVES: accessible, alert, apparent, appealing, effective,
evident, familiar, forthcoming, helpful, impressed, intelligible,
noticeable, obvious, payable, recognizable, relevant, responsive,
striking, suspicious, visible.
immeasurably -D
VERBS: help, improve, strengthen, suffer.
immensely -D
VERBS: enjoy, relieved.
ADJECTIVES: complex, complicated, damaging, detailed, difficult,
encouraging, enthusiastic, exciting, expensive, experienced, fat,
flattered, fond, gifted, grateful, helpful, important, impressed,
impressive, interesting, likeable, pleased, popular, powerful,
profitable, prolific, proud, readable, reassuring, relieved, rewarding,
rich, sad, satisfying, strong, sympathetic, talented, valuable, varied,
warm, wealthy.
impassively -D
VERBS: listen, look, sit, stare, study sb, watch.
impatiently -D
VERBS: answer, gesture, hover, interrupt, say, shake, shift, shrug,
sigh, snap, snort, stamp, wait.
impeccably -D
VERBS: behave, dress.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, educated, groomed, tasteful.
implicitly -D
VERBS: acknowledge, assume, believe, criticize, deny, endorse,
115 increasingly -AA

reinforce, threaten, trust.
implacably -D
VERBS: oppose.
ADJECTIVES: hostile, opposed.
impossibly -D
ADJECTIVES: blue, difficult, elegant, expensive, far-fetched,
handsome, perfect, remote, single-minded, steep, thin.
improperly -D
VERBS: act, behave, dress, use.
ADJECTIVES: dressed.
inadequately -D
VERBS: fund, house, know, prepare, protect, prove, provide,
respond, staff, supervise.
ADJECTIVES: heated, insured, trained.
inadvertently -D
VERBS: cheer, contaminate, delete, mention, omit, promote, push,
spread, succeed, support, touch.
incessantly -D
VERBS: buzz, complain, quarrel, rain, talk.
incoherently -D
VERBS: answer, mumble, mutter.
incorrectly -D
VERBS: answer, assume, diagnose, guess, identify, inform, name,
spell, say, state, think.
increasingly -AA
VERBS: absorb, become, come, confine, dominate, feel, focus, grow,
influence, look, refine, rely, seem, threaten, undermine, use, value.
ADJECTIVES: abstract, active, aggressive, agitated, alarmed, angry,
incredibly 116
annoyed, anxious, apparent, artificial, attached, authoritarian,

aware, bad-tempered, bizarre, bleak, centralized, chaotic, clear,
common, competitive, complex, complicated, comprehensive,
concentrated, concerned, confident, confused, conscious,
conservative, convinced, costly, critical, crowded, dangerous,
dependent, depressed, desperate, detailed, difficult, disillusioned,
dissatisfied, distant, diverse, dominant, doubtful, dynamic, effective,
efficient, elaborate, embarrassing, erratic, estranged, evident,
excited, expensive, explicit, exposed, familiar, fantastic, fashionable,
frail, frantic, frequent, frustrated, frustrating, harsh, homogeneous,
hostile, impatient, important, inadequate, inappropriate, inclined,
incompatible, indefensible, insecure, intensive, interested,
intolerable, intrusive, irrational, irrelevant, irritated, isolated, likely,
limited, marked, meaningless, militant, mobile, narrow, nationalistic,
nervous, numerous, obsolete, obvious, painful, pessimistic, plain,
polarized, popular, powerful, preoccupied, professional, prominent,
prone, radical, rare, reliant, reluctant, remote, resentful, restricted,
restrictive, risky, savage, scarce, sceptical, selective, sensitive, severe,
skilled, sophisticated, specialized, steep, sterile, strained, subject,
superficial, suspect, suspicious, tense, threatening, tight, unable,
uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unhappy, unlikely, unpopular,
unstable, urgent, valuable, variable, varied, vicious, violent, vocal,
volatile, vulnerable, wary.
incredibly
ADJECTIVES: ancient, beautiful, big, boring, brave, bright, cheap,
cheerful, clever, comfortable, complex, complicated, courageous,
dangerous, difficult, easy, efficient, enthusiastic, exciting, expensive,
fast, foolish, frustrating, generous, guilty, handsome, hot, insensitive,
intelligent, intense, interesting, lazy, naïve, nice, optimistic, patient,
persistent, popular, powerful, prolific, rich, romantic, selfish, sexy,
silly, slow, smooth, smug, soft, steep, supportive, swift, talented,
tedious, tense, thin, tough, ugly, uncomfortable, wealthy.
incredulously -D
VERBS: ask, echo, laugh, look, stare.
incurably -D
ADJECTIVES: ill, inquisitive, romantic, sick.
117 inexorably -D
indefinitely -D
VERBS: adjourn, continue, defer, extend, last, multiply, persist,
postpone, prolong, put off, repeat, stay, suspend, sustain.
ADJECTIVES: large.
indelibly -D
VERBS: imprint, mark, print.
independently -D
VERBS: advise, conduct, evolve, exist, function, fund, inquire, live,
make a discovery, operate, organize, run, produce, study, think,
travel, work.
ADJECTIVES: organized.
indignantly -D
VERBS: cry, demand, deny, exclaim, protest, reject, reply, say, snort,
shout, think, write.
indirectly -D
VERBS: affect, comment, contact, contribute, elect, employ,
impinge, influence, lead, light, promote, responsible, tax.
ADJECTIVES: related, relevant, responsible.
individually -C
VERBS: negotiate, tailor, wrap.
ADJECTIVES: responsible.
indoors -C
VERBS: come, go, keep, stay.
industrially -D
VERBS: develop, expand, grow, produce, refine, use.
ADJECTIVES: advanced, orientated.
inexorably -D
VERBS: decline, draw, inexorably, lead to, link, march, rise.
inextricably -D 118
inextricably -D
VERBS: intertwined, linked, tie, weave.
ADJECTIVES: bound up, mixed, related.
inevitably -BB
VERBS: affect, arise, become, bring, cause, come, create, delay,
draw, end, entail, fall, find, focus, follow, influence, involve, lead,
link, mean, provoke, raise, result, vary.
ADJECTIVES: bound, doomed, incompetent, limited, partial,
subjective, uncertain.
infinitely -D
VERBS: prefer.
ADJECTIVES: better, complex, depressing, desirable, divisible,
great, grateful, ill, large, more comfortable, preferable, remote,
seductive, small, subtle, superior, variable, varied.
informally -D
VERBS: agree, approach, arrange, chat, contact, discuss, dress,
interview, meet, settle.
inherently -D
ADJECTIVES: biased, contradictory, dangerous, desirable, difficult,
evil, implausible, improbable, incapable, inefficient, interesting,
limited, masculine, paradoxical, risky, subversive, superior,
unacceptable, uncertain, unlikely, unstable, vague, valuable, weak,
wrong.
initially -A
VERBS: appear, develop, focus, oppose, propose, refuse, report,
resist, seem, set, think, use, welcome.
inordinately -D
ADJECTIVES: expensive, fond (of), pleased, proud.
ironically -D
VERBS: comment, murmur, name, remark, reply, say, use.
119 intensely -D
inside -D
VERBS: come, get, go, look, peer, push, reach, stay, step, tremble,
turn.
instinctively -D
VERBS: dislike, feel, know, react, recoil, reject, respond,
understand.
ADJECTIVES: conservative, wary.
instantly -BBB
VERBS: become, burst, die, fall, feel, forget, kill, know, obey, react,
recognized, recognize, regret, reject, respond, see, silence, suppress,
vanish, withdraw.
ADJECTIVES: alert, apparent, ashamed, available, familiar,
impressed, popular, recognizable, suspicious.
instead -AA
VERBS: choose, concentrate, like, prefer, use.
intellectually -D
VERBS: challenge, grow
ADJECTIVES: challenging, demanding, dishonest, gifted, inferior,
respectable, rewarding, sophisticated, stimulating, superior, taxing.
intelligently -D
VERBS: discuss, nod, plan, respond, use.
ADJECTIVES: written.
intensely -D
VERBS: annoy, compete, concentrate, debate, dislike, irritate,
oppose, scrutinize, speculate.
ADJECTIVES: alive, bright, claustrophobic, competitive, conscious,
curious, desirable, dramatic, embarrassing, frustrating, hot,
interested, interesting, irritating, lyrical, miserable, moving,
nationalistic, painful, patriotic, personal, pleasurable, possessive,
practical, proud, romantic, sad, vulnerable.
intensively -D 120
intensively -D
VERBS: cultivate, farm, intensively, rear, study, train, treat, work.
intentionally -D
VERBS: act, ignore, promote.
ADJECTIVES: ambiguous, homeless, shocking, vague.
intently -D
VERBS: concentrate, gaze, listen, look, observe, peer, regard, stare,
study, watch.
internationally -C
VERBS: compete, expand, know, recognize, supervise.
ADJECTIVES: celebrated, competitive, famous, important, known,
mobile, popular, recognized, renowned.
internally -D
VERBS: audit, control, deal with, examine, generate, investigate.
ADJECTIVES: consistent, contradictory, homogeneous,
inconsistent.
intimately -D
VERBS: connect, interact, know, link, tie.
ADJECTIVES: acquainted, bound, concerned, connected, familiar,
involved, related.
intricately -D
VERBS: decorate, weave.
ADJECTIVES: carved, engraved, patterned, woven.
intrinsically -D
VERBS: link.
ADJECTIVES: bound, evil, good, harmful, honest, improbable,
inferior, interesting, masculine, rewarding, superior, valuable.
121 irritably -D
intuitively -D
VERBS: know, sense, understand.
ADJECTIVES: obvious, plausible.
invariably -CC
VERBS: end, find, involve, lead, mean, take.
ADJECTIVES: courteous, fatal, helpful.
inversely -D
VERBS: correlate, vary.
ADJECTIVES: proportional, related.
involuntarily -D
VERBS: clench, gasp, jump, move, shiver, shudder, stray, tighten,
tremble, twitch, yell.
ADJECTIVES: unemployed.
inwardly -D
VERBS: curse, flinch, fume, groan, rage, relieved, seethe, shudder,
sigh, wince.
ADJECTIVES: enraged, furious.
irresistibly -D
VERBS: attracted, drawn (to).
ADJECTIVES: reminiscent.
irrevocably -D
VERBS: alter, change.
ADJECTIVES: committed, fixed.
irritably -D
VERBS: answer, demand, mutter, say, shrug, snap, think, wonder.
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jealously -D 122
J
jealously -D
VERBS: guard, preserve, protect, watch.
ADJECTIVES: guarded.
jointly -D
VERBS: administer, award, charge, finance, fund, head, host, issue,
negotiate, organize, own, register, run.
ADJECTIVES: developed, liable, owned, responsible.
(half-)jokingly -D
VERBS: refer, remark, suggest.
justifiably -D
VERBS: claim, criticize, punish.
ADJECTIVES: angry, proud.
justly -D
VERBS: deal with, deserve, observe, punish, reward, rule.
ADJECTIVES: celebrated, famous, indignant, proud.
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123 kindly -CC
K
keenly -D
VERBS: await, compete, contest, eye, seek, sense.
ADJECTIVES: alive, aware, interested, sensitive.
kindly -CC
VERBS: agree, consent, dispose, inform, lend, oblige, offer, provide,
say, smile, supply, take, treat, volunteer.
ADJECTIVES: disposed.
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lamely -D 124
L
lamely -D
VERBS: agree, explain, repeat, say.
lamentably -D
ADJECTIVES: few, ignorant, weak.
largely -AA
VERBS: abandon, abolish, aim, attribute, base, based, cease,
confine, consist, contribute, cut, depend, derive, destroy, determine,
disappear, dominate, eliminate, exclude, feature, figure, finance,
focus, fund, ignore, incorporate, influence, neglect, obscure, offset,
oppose, overcome, overlook, rebuild, rely, remain, replace, shape,
solve, subordinate, succeed, waste.
ADJECTIVES: absent, academic, accurate, aloof, autonomous,
barren, bogus, ceremonial, coincidental, composed, concentrated,
concerned, conservative, consistent, conventional, correct,
cosmetic, dependent, descriptive, deserted, detached, devoid,
due, empty, engaged, enthusiastic, explicable, factual, fictitious,
formal, fruitless, futile, groundless, homogeneous, ignorant,
illiterate, immune, impervious, inaccessible, inaudible, incapable,
incompatible, incomprehensible, inconclusive, indefensible,
indifferent, ineffective, insensitive, instrumental, insulated, intact,
invisible, irrelevant, isolated, male, meaningless, misplaced,
negative, neglected, obscure, obsolete, opposed, peaceful, pragmatic,
predictable, preventable, redundant, related, reliant, responsible,
rural, secular, self-contained, self-evident, self-sufficient, separate,
silent, static, sterile, subjective, superficial, supportive, symbolic,
sympathetic, synonymous, theoretical, unaffected, unaware,
unbroken, unchanged, unconscious, unfounded, unintelligible,
united, unknown, unmoved, unnecessary, unnoticed, unscathed,
useless, voluntary.
late -AAA
VERBS: arrive, awaken, come, detect, rise, run, sleep, stay, wake,
work.
125 lightly -BB

lately -CC
VERBS: become, come.
later -AAA
VERBS: emerge, regret.
lavishly -D
VERBS: decorate, entertain, equip, illustrate, praise, spend.
ADJECTIVES: decorated, illustrated.
lawfully -D
VERBS: elect, exercise.
ADJECTIVES: married, -wedded.
lazily -D
VERBS: drawl, lean, stretch, sway.
legally -C
VERBS: act, adopt, advise, aid, allow, become, bind, define, dump,
elect, enforce, hold, import, oblige, permit, prescribe, recognize,
register, represent, require, sanction, separate.
ADJECTIVES: binding, correct, effective, enforceable, justified,
liable, married, obligatory, obliged, permissible, qualified,
responsible, united, valid.
legitimately -D
VERBS: ask, complain, elect, enter (a country etc), regard, use.
ADJECTIVES: -elected.
liberally -D
VERBS: apply, interfere, interpret, smear, spatter, splash, spread,
sprinkle, supply.
ADJECTIVES: inclined, scattered.
lightly -BB
VERBS: arm, beat, brush, butter, caress, clasp, coat, colored, dip,
likewise -CC 126
dismiss, drop, flour, fry, grip, kiss, land, laugh, lean, link, massage,
pad, pat, patter, place, press, punch, remark, reply, rest, rub, run,
say, shade, shrug, skip, slap, sleep, smoke, snore, snow, spread,
sprinkle, step, stroke, sway, take, tap, tax, tease, toast, toss, touch,
trace, tread, treat, trip, undertake, whip.
ADJECTIVES: armed, armoured, brown, clad, clothed, floured,
loaded, sarcastic, scented, spicy, tanned.
likewise -CC
VERBS: do.
limply -D
VERBS: drop, hang, lie.
literally -BBB
VERBS: explode, interfere, mean, run, shake, starve, take,
translate.
ADJECTIVES: impossible, true.
little
VERBS: change, differ, matter.
ADJECTIVES: suited, used.
live -A
VERBS: appear, be broadcast, be recorded, be screened, be shown,
be televised, be transmitted, come to sb, go, go out, perform, play,
record, screen, show, sing, televise.
locally -B
VERBS: administer, advertise, elect, know, known as, live, make,
organize, produce, recruit, use.
ADJECTIVES: available, based, elected, famous, organized,
powerful, produced.
logically -D
VERBS: answer, argue, choose, conclude, deduce, develop, explain,
extend, form, object, operate, order, process, reason, structure,
127 low -A
think.
ADJECTIVES: compatible, compelling, consistent, impossible,
inconsistent, necessary, presented, related, satisfying, valid.
long -AAA
VERBS: dream, establish, go, kiss, known, last, linger, live, stay,
sustain, take, wait.
ADJECTIVES: interested, overdue.
long since
VERBS: cease, vanish.
longingly -D
VERBS: gaze, look, recall.
loosely -C
VERBS: attach, base, clasp, coil, cover, define, drape, group, hang,
knot, link, rest, sling, structure, term, tie, translate, wrap.
ADJECTIVES: allied, attached, organized, related.
loud -BBB
VERBS: play your music, sing.
loudly -D
VERBS: applaud, bang, bark, cheer, clap, complain, condemn,
cough, crackle, crunch, cry, curse, declare, echo, exclaim, explode,
groan, grunt, knock, laugh, moan, oppose, pant, proclaim, protest,
puff, say, scream, shout, sigh, sing, sneeze, sniff, snore, snort, sob,
speak, swear, talk, thump, tick, weep, whistle, yell.
lovingly -D
VERBS: kiss, preserve, restore, smile, speak, tend.
ADJECTIVES: -built.
low -A
VERBS: bow, crouch, fly, rank, sing, sink, skim.
loyally -D 128
loyally -D
VERBS: defend, serve, support, work.
ludicrously -D
ADJECTIVES: expensive, inadequate, irrelevant, luxurious.
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129 marvellously -D
M
madly -D
VERBS: race, rush, swing, wave.
ADJECTIVES: jealous.
mainly -AA
VERBS: aim, attribute, based, come, compose, concentrate, confine,
consisted, consist, consists, deal, depend, derive, devote, direct,
feed, finance, focus, fund, influence, involve, rely, use, work.
ADJECTIVES: composed, concentrated, concerned, dependent,
descriptive, dry, engaged, interested, male, negative, occupied,
responsible, rural, symbolic.
maliciously -D
VERBS: damage, gossip, grin, inflict.
manfully -D
VERBS: continue, stride towards, struggle, try.
manifestly -D
VERBS: fail, lack.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, inadequate, unfair, unfounded, unsuitable,
untrue.
manually -D
VERBS: enter, operate, perform, record, select, transmit, update,
work.
marginally -C
VERBS: improve, rise.
ADJECTIVES: better, more expensive, relevant.
marvellously -D
VERBS: do, get on, like.
mathematically -D 130
ADJECTIVES: entertaining, warm.
mathematically -D
ADJECTIVES: impossible, perfect, precise.
merely -A
VERBS: become, confirm, consist, echo, grunt, hand, highlight,
illustrate, inform, laugh, mean, nod, perpetuate, postpone, push,
reflect, reinforce, repeat, reply, reproduce, respond, serve, shake,
shrug, stare, state, strengthen, tolerate, touch, transfer, underline,
want, wish.
ADJECTIVES: academic, coincidental, cosmetic, descriptive, formal,
incidental, instrumental.
markedly -D
VERBS: change, contrast, decline, decrease, differ, diverge, improve,
increase, lack, rise, shift, slow, vary, worsen.
ADJECTIVES: absent, better, different, hostile, inferior, reluctant,
superior.
massively -D
VERBS: change, expand, increase, reinforce, retaliate,
underestimate.
ADJECTIVES: expensive, popular.
materially -D
VERBS: affect, alter, assist, change, improve, provide.
ADJECTIVES: better, deprived, different, disadvantaged, worse.
meaningfully -D
VERBS: compare, defeat, discuss, gesture, glance, look, pause,
speak, work.
mechanically -D
VERBS: explain, harvest, repeat, speak.
ADJECTIVES: efficient, -minded.
131 mildly -C
medically -D
VERBS: examine, prescribe.
ADJECTIVES: beneficial, fit, qualified, unfit.
meekly -D
VERBS: agree, nod, obey, say, stand, submit to.
mentally -D
VERBS: abuse, award, exhaust, incapacitate, rehearse, scar, tick.
ADJECTIVES: active, alert, competent, deranged, disabled,
disturbed, exhausted, exhausting, frail, handicapped, healthy, ill,
incapable, incompetent, infirm, prepared, retarded, sick, subnormal,
tired, tough, unbalanced, unfit, unstable, weak.
mercifully -D
ADJECTIVES: brief, quick, rare, rule, silent, unhurt.
mercilessly -D
VERBS: attack, beat, criticize, exploit, tease.
meticulously -D
VERBS: craft, execute, plan, play, record, research.
ADJECTIVES: detailed, groomed.
mightily -D
VERBS: change, contribute, strive, struggle.
ADJECTIVES: impressed, impressive, relieved.
mildly -C
VERBS: enquire, feel, look, observe, protest, put, remark, reply,
say.
ADJECTIVES: amazed, amused, amusing, annoying, autistic, comic,
critical, curious, depressed, disappointed, disapproving, dismissive,
encouraging, erotic, fragrant, handicapped, humorous, impressed,
indignant, interested, interesting, irritated, patronizing, pleased,
pleasurable, positive, ridiculous, sarcastic, sceptical, shocked, spicy,
surprised.
militarily -D 132
militarily -D
VERBS: intervene.
ADJECTIVES: vulnerable, weak.
minutely -D
VERBS: examine, scrutinize, study (a document etc).
ADJECTIVES: detailed, organized.
miraculously -D
VERBS: cure, escape, recover, survive, transform.
ADJECTIVES: intact, unscathed.
miserably -D
VERBS: fail, nod, say, shake, stare, think.
ADJECTIVES: huddled, wet.
mistakenly -D
VERBS: believe, suppose.
moderately -D
VERBS: drink, price, rise.
ADJECTIVES: active, chubby, comfortable, competent, eccentric,
effective, expensive, favourable, good, high, hot, large, low, positive,
-priced, risky, severe, strong, successful.
modestly -D
VERBS: gain, grow, increase, live, price, recover, say.
momentarily -C
VERBS: blind, cease, distract, flicker, forget, freeze, hesitate, light,
look, pause, rest, stop, stun.
ADJECTIVES: confused, speechless, startled, stunned, surprised.
133 musically -D
monthly
VERBS: pay, update.
morally -D
VERBS: bind.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, bankrupt, binding, conservative, correct,
corrupt, desirable, dubious, indefensible, inferior, justifiable,
justified, neutral, obliged, outrageous, permissible, relevant,
repugnant, repulsive, responsible, reprehensible, right, subversive,
superior, unacceptable, uplifting, wrong.
more or less
ADJECTIVES: adequate, constant, correct, equal, equivalent, even,
identical, impossible, intact, irrelevant, level, orderly, right, same,
satisfactory, secret, self-sufficient, sober, stable, static, straight,
superficial, synonymous, true.
more than
VERBS: compensate, double, halve, offset, outweigh, repay, treble,
triple.
ADJECTIVES: adequate, capable, equal, grateful, keen, pleased,
ready, satisfied, useful.
mortally -D
VERBS: offend, wound.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, hated, ill, injured, offended, wounded.
mostly -A
VERBS: aim, consist, use.
ADJECTIVES: black, composed, concentrated, concerned, dry,
empty, male, white, young.
musically -D
VERBS: splash.
ADJECTIVES: gifted, inclined, literate, satisfying, talented.
mutually -D 134
mutually -D
VERBS: oppose, reinforce.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, advantageous, agreeable, beneficial,
complementary, consistent, contradictory, convenient, dependent,
exclusive, hostile, incompatible, inconsistent, intelligible, opposed,
perpendicular, profitable, reinforcing, repellent, rewarding,
satisfactory, satisfying, supportive, unintelligible.
mysteriously -D
VERBS: disappear, say, vanish.
***
135 nearly -AA
N
narrowly -C
VERBS: avert, avoid, beat, conceive, defeat, define, escape, evade,
eye, focus, focused, interfere, lose, miss, prescribe, reject, survive,
vote, win.
ADJECTIVES: defined, escaped, restricted.
nationally -C
VERBS: advertise, broadcast, compete, elect, know, organize,
recognize, televise.
ADJECTIVES: agreed, organized, recognized, representative.
naturally -A
VERBS: arise, assume, behave, colour, come, conceive, dry, evolve,
fall, flow, follow, grow, lead, occur, prefer, produce, rear, resist, tend,
turn, vary, want.
ADJECTIVES: anxious, biased, concerned, conservative, courteous,
curious, curly, disappointed, disposed, friendly, gifted, inclined,
inquisitive, keen, occurring, reserved, shy, suited, superior,
suspicious.
near
VERBS: lean.
ADJECTIVES: fatal, impossible, miraculous, normal, perfect,
universal.
nearby -BBB
VERBS: hover, live, park, sit.
nearly -AA
VERBS: blind, choke, collide, cry, die, double, drop, exhaust, faint,
fall, finish, forget, halve, hit, jump, kill, leap, lose, overcome, ruin,
score, spend, strangle, stumble, succeed, tear, touch, treble, trip,
wreck.
neatly -D 136
ADJECTIVES: asleep, bald, bankrupt, broke, circular, clean, closed,

complete, constant, contemporary, dark, dry, empty, equal, extinct,
foolproof, full, identical, impenetrable, impossible, incomprehensible,
insane, insurmountable, intact, intolerable, invisible, lifeless, naked,
opaque, overhead, parallel, perpendicular, ready, right, ripe, same,
square, straight, unable, unanimous, universal.
neatly -D
VERBS: arrange, capture, coil, demonstrate, divide, dress, execute,
fit, fold, illustrate, incorporate, knot, label, land, organize, park, pile,
place, present, screen, sew, slice, slot, solve, stack, stow, structure,
sum, summarize, tie, trim, tuck, type, wind, write.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, organized.
necessarily -A
VERBS: entail, exclude, follow, imply, incorporate, involve, lead,
link, reflect, vary.
ADJECTIVES: brief, exclusive, incompetent, mean, partial, selective,
slow, subjective, true, vague.
needlessly -D
VERBS: die, destroy, lose, suffer, take risks, worry.
ADJECTIVES: expensive.
negatively -D
VERBS: answer, comment, control, correlate, impact, react, think,
value, view.
ADJECTIVES: charged, related.
negligently -D
VERBS: act, allow, drive, inflict, shrug.
nervously -D
VERBS: cough, edge, fidget, flick, flicker, giggle, glance, laugh, look,
move, pace, peer, reply, scan, shuffle, smile, swallow, twitch, wait.
never -AAA
VERBS: cease, come, cry, do, dream, envisage, fail, falter, feel, find,
137 non-stop -D
forget, forgive, get, give, go, guess, happen, hear, know, last, learn,
leave, let, like, materialize, meet, mind, miss, realize, really recover,
refer, regain, regret, return, see, seem, solve, stop, tell, think, touch,
use, vary, want.
nevertheless -A
VERBS: continue, persist, prevail, remain, seem.
newly -BBB
ADJECTIVES: developed, fashionable, indefensible, married,
polished, qualified, rich, unemployed.
next to
ADJECTIVES: impossible.
nicely -CC
VERBS: ask, balance, brown, contrast, decorate, dress, fit, heal,
illustrate, judge, manage, round, settle, sum, tick.
ADJECTIVES: balanced, furnished, polished, rounded.
no longer
ADJECTIVES: adequate, fashionable, interested, relevant, valid,
viable, visible.
noisily -D
VERBS: blow your nose, breathe, clatter, gulp, sigh, snore, start up,
suck.
nominally -D
VERBS: drag on.
ADJECTIVES: indefensible, responsible.
nonchalantly -D
VERBS: lean, shrug, walk.
non-stop -D
VERBS: fly, rain, speak, talk, travel.
normally -A 138
normally -A
VERBS: associate, behave, breathe, confine, exceed, expect, find,
function, give, imply, lead, observe, occur, permit, require, reserve,
take, translate, use, work.
north -A
VERBS: continue, drive, face, flee, go, head, march, migrate, move,
travel.
northwards -D
VERBS: branch, continue, head, migrate, move, sail, travel, walk.
notably -BB
VERBS: improve.
ADJECTIVES: absent, biased, lacking.
noticeably -D
VERBS: affect, improve, slow.
ADJECTIVES: absent, different, lacking, more confident, muted,
slow.
notoriously -D
ADJECTIVES: careless, conservative, corrupt, dangerous, difficult,
elusive, expensive, fickle, imprecise, inaccurate, inadequate,
inefficient, insecure, prone, reluctant, selective, slow, treacherous,
uncertain, unreliable, unstable, vague, volatile.
nowadays -BB
VERBS: remember, seem.
nowhere -BBB
VERBS: appear, find, get, go, lead, mention.
ADJECTIVES: special.
***
139 oddly -C
O
obediently -D
VERBS: follow, trot, wait.
objectively -D
VERBS: describe, differ, examine, judge, look at a situation,
measure, report, rule, view, weigh the evidence.
ADJECTIVES: superior, true.
obstinately -D
VERBS: refuse.
ADJECTIVES: silent.
obviously -AA
VERBS: adore, dislike, enjoy, feel, influence, lack, link, need, prefer,
relish, think, vary, want.
ADJECTIVES: annoyed, capable, crucial, delighted, desirable,
determined, disappointed, embarrassed, expensive, false, genuine,
happy, important, impossible, impractical, impressed, inadequate,
incorrect, intelligent, intent, interested, keen, lacking, nervous,
peeved, pleased, puzzled, related, relevant, relieved, sensible,
shaken, surprised, terrified, unaware, uncomfortable, undesirable,
unhappy, unsuitable, unsure, upset, visible.
occasionally -A
VERBS: appear, break, find, go, interrupt, occur, see, stir, use.
oddly -C
VERBS: act, behave, contrast, feel, look, name, resemble, seem,
shape, sit.
ADJECTIVES: compelling, detached, disappointed, disturbed,
familiar, formal, furtive, guilty, impersonal, lonely, pleased, quiet,
reassuring, shaped, unreal, vulnerable.
off and on 140
off and on
VERBS: drink (alcohol), flicker, have headache etc., take drugs.
officially -B
VERBS: accept, acknowledge, adopt, announce, approve, ban,
become, begin, boycott, call, close, confirm, declare, define, describe,
designate, dissolve, end, endorse, estimate, give, hand, inaugurate,
inform, know, launch, nominate, open, proclaim, recognize, record,
register, release, report, reprimand, retire, sanction, start, state,
tolerate, unveil, value, welcome.
ADJECTIVES: closed, homeless, open, recognized, sanctioned.
often -AAA
VERBS: call, cite, employ, encounter, feel, find, have difficulties,
lead to, overlook, quote, refer, seem, use, wonder.
ADJECTIVES: fatal, harsh, mild.
only half
ADJECTIVES: alive, awake, interested.
only just
VERBS: able, afford, notice, recover, scrape.
only too
ADJECTIVES: delighted, glad, happy, pleased, ready.
openly -BB
VERBS: accuse, acknowledge, admire, admit, air, back, boast,
call, campaign, condemn, confess, criticize, debate, declare, defy,
despise, discuss, express, flaunt, flout, laugh, oppose, proclaim,
speak, state, talk, trade, weep.
ADJECTIVES: abusive, aggressive, contemptuous, critical, gay,
hostile, opposed, sceptical.
open-mouthed -D
VERBS: stare, watch.
141 outstandingly -D
opposite -A
VERBS: live, sit.
organically -D
VERBS: develop, farm, grow, produce.
originally -A
VERBS: appear, build, call, come, conceive, derive, design, develop,
envisage, forecast, give, intend, make, mean, name, plan, propose,
publish, schedule, set, think, use, want, write.
ornately -D
VERBS: decorate.
ADJECTIVES: carved, furnished.
otherwise -AA
VERBS: decide, do, know, pretend, prove, specify, state, suggest,
think.
ADJECTIVES: engaged, excellent, healthy, inaccessible, inexplicable,
unknown.
outrageously -D
VERBS: attack, behave, lie.
ADJECTIVES: expensive, high.
outright -D
VERBS: attack, ban, buy, kill, laugh, oppose, refuse, reject, tell,
win.
outside -D
VERBS: eat, go, look, meet, play, sit, stand, step, venture, wait.
outstandingly -D
VERBS: perform, play.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, good, successful, talented.
outward 142
outward
ADJECTIVES: bound.
outward(s)
VERBS: direct, grow, open, spread.
outwardly -D
ADJECTIVES: calm, charismatic, composed, serene, unaffected.
over and over (again)

VERBS: ask, read, repeat.
overhead -CC
VERBS: appear, be, buzz, circle, fly, gather, hover, pass, roar, scream,
shine, soar, wheel, whirr.
overly -D
ADJECTIVES: ambitious, cynical, generous, optimistic, perturbed,
simplistic, violent.
overnight -BBB
VERBS: appear, become, change, disappear, dry, happen, refrigerate,
soak, stay, transform, travel.
overseas
VERBS: go, invest, live, travel, work.
overtly -D
ADJECTIVES: critical, erotic, hostile, masculine, political, racist,
sexual, subversive.
overwhelmingly -C
VERBS: approve, back, dominate, endorse, reject, support, vote.
ADJECTIVES: composed, concentrated, dominant, favourable,
impressed, male, masculine, negative, positive, rural.
***
143 particularly -AA
P
painfully -C
VERBS: beat, become, flush, struggle, swallow, throb, thud, thump,
tighten.
ADJECTIVES: apparent, aware, awkward, beautiful, clear, conscious,
emaciated, evident, exposed, familiar, hard, honest, obvious, self-
conscious, sensitive, shy, slow, thin.
painstakingly -D
VERBS: analyze, check, copy, examine, explain, prepare, rebuild,
reconstruct, record, restore, search, work.
parrot-fashion -D
VERBS: copy, learn, repeat.
parrot-like -D
VERBS: copy, learn, repeat.
partially -D -BB
VERBS: block, burn, clear, compensate, conceal, cover, digest,
enclose, erase, excavate, explain, fill, finance, fund, heal, immerse,
implement, inflate, lift, modify, obscure, offset, overcome, overlap,
paralyze, reconstruct, recover, repair, restore, reverse, shade, shield,
sight, solve, succeed.
ADJECTIVES: accurate, blind, clad, closed, clothed, cooked,
deaf, dependent, derelict, developed, disabled, effective, exempt,
furnished, justified, open, owned, relevant, responsible, sighted,
soluble, submerged, successful, visible.
particularly -AA
VERBS: admire, aim, concentrate, dislike, focus, harsh, hate,
interest, like, recommend, seem, target, value, welcome, worry.
ADJECTIVES: aggressive, alarming, appropriate, busy, careful,
complex, complicated, concentrated, concerned, difficult, effective,
embarrassed, evident, fond, fortunate, frustrating, good, grateful,
partly -A 144
gratifying, gruesome, happy, harmful, harsh, hazardous, helpful,

important, impressed, impressive, inappropriate, informative,
instructive, intense, interested, interesting, ironic, keen, kind,
marked, memorable, nasty, noisy, notable, noted, noteworthy,
noticeable, numerous, outstanding, painful, pertinent, pleased,
pleasing, poignant, popular, potent, powerful, prominent, promising,
prone, pronounced, proud, quick, rare, relevant, resistant, revealing,
rewarding, rich, sad, scarce, sensitive, serious, severe, sharp,
significant, skilled, stressful, striking, strong, successful, suitable,
suited, susceptible, tight, tough, tragic, traumatic, troubled,
true, unfortunate, unpleasant, unpopular, unusual, upset, useful,
valuable, vicious, vigilant, violent, visible, vital, vulnerable, warm,
weak.
partly -A
VERBS: account, alleviate, attribute, based, blame, block, burn,
compensate, conceal, depend, derive, destroy, determine, draw,
excavate, explain, finance, fund, influence, mask, modify, obscure,
offset, overlap, paralyze, rebuild, reflect, restore, reverse, ruin,
screen, shield, solve, succeed.
ADJECTIVES: closed, dependent, derelict, domesticated, due,
explicable, false, furnished, instrumental, justified, related,
responsible, soluble, submerged.
part-time
VERBS: teach, work.
passionately -D
VERBS: appeal, argue, believe, care, cry, defend, kiss, seduce.
ADJECTIVES: devoted, interested, involved.
passively -D
VERBS: act, fight, listen, participate, react, resist.
past
VERBS: file, flow, fly, march, race, ride, rush, sail, stride.
patently -D
VERBS: fail.
145 perfectly -A
ADJECTIVES: absurd, artificial, clear, false, inadequate, obvious,
offensive, ridiculous, unfair, unfounded, untrue.
pathetically -D
VERBS: attempt, long, whimper.
ADJECTIVES: inadequate, thin.
patiently -D
VERBS: await, behave, explain, frown, listen, queue, repeat,
question, say, struggle, smile, wait.
peacefully -D
VERBS: coexist, demonstrate, die, end, graze, march, pass, protest,
resolve, rest, retire, settle, sleep, slumber, solve.
ADJECTIVES: asleep.
peculiarly -D
VERBS: look at sb/sth.
ADJECTIVES: male, narrow, quiet, suited, vulnerable.
perfectly -A
VERBS: balance, behave, blend, capture, complement, fit, form,
function, illustrate, judge, know, logical, manage, match, mimic,
mirror, position, seem, streamline, suit, sum, time, understand, will,
work.
ADJECTIVES: able, acceptable, accurate, adequate, agreeable,
amiable, attainable, audible, aware, balanced, beautiful, calm,
candid, capable, charming, circular, civil, clear, coherent,
comfortable, compatible, competent, competitive, composed,
comprehensible, confident, conscious, consistent, contented,
content, correct, courteous, decent, dry, effective, efficient, evident,
explicable, fair, familiar, feasible, fitting, flat, flexible, frank, friendly,
genuine, good, grammatical, groomed, happy, harmless, healthy,
honest, honourable, horrible, immobile, innocent, innocuous,
intact, intelligible, justified, lawful, legal, legible, legitimate, logical,
motionless, natural, neutral, nice, normal, obvious, OK, ordinary,
oval, permissible, plain, plausible, pleasant, poised, polite, possible,
practicable, presentable, proper, quiet, rational, reasonable, regular,
periodically -D 146
relaxed, reliable, respectable, ripe, safe, sane, satisfactory, satisfied,

secure, sensible, serene, shaped, silent, simple, sincere, smooth,
sober, sound, splendid, stable, steady, straight, straightforward,
suitable, suited, symmetrical, tailored, tolerable, tranquil,
transparent, true, understandable, valid, viable, well.
periodically -D
VERBS: interrupt, meet, renew, revalue, review, revise, suffer, test.
permanently -D
VERBS: adopt, alter, ban, barricade, close, cripple, damage, deprive,
disfigure, exclude, exile, expel, fix, keep, live, lose, paralyze, remain,
remove, scar, settle, shroud, tune, weaken.
ADJECTIVES: attached, broke, closed, cold, covered, deafen,
disabled, fixed, handicapped, hungry, occupied, red, sterile, tainted,
unemployed, uninhabitable.
personally -BBB
VERBS: address, become, conduct, contact, deliver, feel, guarantee,
hand, hold, inform, inscribe, intervene, involve, know, like, order,
oversee, persuade, recommend, recruit, reply, run, select, serve,
sign, speak, supervise, thank, think, threaten.
ADJECTIVES: acquainted, attached, committed, inadequate,
involved, liable, popular, responsible, satisfying, unhappy.
phenomenally -D
VERBS: grow, increase, rise, succeed.
ADJECTIVES: popular, successful.
physically -B
VERBS: abuse, assault, attack, become, challenge, demand,
disable, drain, exhaust, feel, handicap, harm, incapacitate, link,
locate, mature, prevent, react, resist, restrain, scar, separate, shake,
threaten.
ADJECTIVES: able, active, afraid, attached, attractive, capable,
demanding, disabled, exhausted, exhausting, fit, frail, handicapped,
healthy, helpless, ill, immature, impossible, inactive, incapable,
infirm, isolated, mature, painful, perfect, possible, present,
147 politically -B
remote, separate, sick, slight, strong, taxing, tired, tough, unable,
uncomfortable, unfit, violent, weak.
pitifully -D
ADJECTIVES: bad, inadequate, thin.
plain -BBB
ADJECTIVES: bonkers, crazy, daft, mad, old-fashioned, old, scared,
stupid.
plainly -C
VERBS: dress, see, speak, state.
ADJECTIVES: delighted, evident, furnished, inadequate,
inconsistent, terrified, unsure, visible, wrong.
playfully -D
VERBS: cuff, kiss, nudge, pinch, slap.
pleasantly -D
VERBS: decorate, enquire, greet, sing, smell.
ADJECTIVES: cool, different, furnished, interesting, juicy, light,
polite, relaxed, rural, situated, smile, soft, surprised, warm.
pointedly -D
VERBS: add, ask, ignore, look, refuse, remark, say.
politely -C
VERBS: ask, bow, chat, cough, decline, enquire, greet, incline,
inform, knock, laugh, listen, murmur, nod, refuse, reply, request,
respond, say, smile, talk, thank, wait.
politically -B
VERBS: become, charge, commit, connect, cripple, inspire, motivate,
remain, strengthen, weaken.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, accountable, active, advantageous, astute,
autonomous, aware, biased, challenging, charged, committed,
conscious, conservative, contentious, controversial, convenient,
poorly -C 148
correct, corrupt, damaging, dangerous, delicate, desirable, difficult,

dominant, effective, embarrassing, expedient, extreme, feasible,
hostile, illiterate, immature, important, impossible, impotent,
inactive, inconvenient, incorrect, indefensible, ineffective,
inept, inevitable, inexperienced, influential, informed, inspired,
irrelevant, literate, loaded, moderate, motivated, naïve, neutral,
orientated, popular, powerful, progressive, radical, reactionary,
relevant, responsible, risky, sensible, sensitive, sophisticated,
stable, successful, suicidal, suspect, sympathetic, unacceptable,
undesirable, united, unpopular, unstable, unthinkable, volatile,
vulnerable, weak.
poorly -C
VERBS: articulate, attend, conceive, control, define, design,
develop, document, draft, dress, equip, execute, fare, fund, know,
light, maintain, organize, pay, perform, prepare, repair, represent,
research, reward, serve, supply, train, understand, ventilate, write.
ADJECTIVES: developed, educated, informed, insulated, motivated,
organized, paid, trained.
popularly -D
VERBS: elect, known as, regard.
ADJECTIVES: believed, called, elected, exaggerated, known,
thought, understood.
positively -B
VERBS: associate, beam, become, charge, correlate, discourage,
discriminate, dislike, encourage, evaluate, glow, identify, influence,
itch, look, react, reinforce, relate, relish, respond, seem, state, think,
thrive, value, view, welcome.
ADJECTIVES: ancient, charged, damaging, dangerous, detrimental,
encouraging, frightening, frosty, harmful, hostile, indecent,
inhuman, luxurious, misleading, obstructive, pained, related, staid,
tame, triumphant.
possibly -AA
ADJECTIVES: adverse, damaging, dangerous, harmful.
149 precisely -A
posthumously -D
VERBS: award, publish.
potentially -B
VERBS: conflict, damage, destroy, harm.
ADJECTIVES: available, capable, catastrophic, confusing, costly,
damaging, dangerous, deadly, decisive, destructive, difficult,
disastrous, disruptive, effective, embarrassing, excellent, exciting,
explosive, fatal, fruitful, harmful, hazardous, high, hostile, huge,
immortal, important, incompatible, inefficient, infectious, infinite,
interested, interesting, lethal, liable, lucrative, marketable,
misleading, painful, powerful, productive, profitable, radical,
recyclable, relevant, rewarding, rich, risky, serious, significant,
subversive, suitable, threatening, toxic, ugly, unlimited, useful,
valuable, viable, violent, volatile, vulnerable.
powerfully -D
VERBS: affect, argue, hit, influence, kick, reason, reinforce, smell
(of).
ADJECTIVES: -built, effective, emotive, erotic, resonate, scented.
practically -BB
VERBS: accuse, become, beg, destroy, disappear, double, guarantee,
ignore, live, run, touch, wipe.
ADJECTIVES: certain, devoid, empty, equivalent, extinct,
identical, impossible, inaccessible, inaudible, inconceivable,
infinite, inseparable, insoluble, invisible, meaningless, nonexistent,
obligatory, obsolete, penniless, perfect, possible, ready, same,
solid, speechless, straight, unchanged, unheard-of, unintelligible,
unknown, unnoticed, unthinkable, useful, useless.
precariously -D
VERBS: balance, cling, exist, lean, live, perch, sway.
ADJECTIVES: balanced.
precisely -A
VERBS: correspond, date, define, determine, engineer, express,
precociously -D 150
know, locate, measure, observe, pin, pinpoint, predict, specify, spell,

state, synchronize.
ADJECTIVES: equal, equivalent, same.
precociously -D
ADJECTIVES: gifted, talented.
predominantly -CC
VERBS: concentrate, consist, draw, feed, use, utilize.
ADJECTIVES: black, composed, concerned, conservative, female,
male, married, masculine, rural, white, young.
prematurely -D
VERBS: age, born, die, end, judge, retire, terminate, wrinkle.
ADJECTIVES: bald, balding, born, grey, middle-aged.
presumably -BBB
VERBS: afford, forget, mean.
prettily -D
VERBS: dance, pout.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, furnished, illustrated, patterned.
pretty -AA
ADJECTIVES: accurate, amazing, angry, awesome, awful, bad, big,
bizarre, bored, boring, bright, broad, busy, calm, certain, chaotic,
cheap, chilly, clean, clear, clever, comprehensive, conclusive,
confident, confusing, conventional, convincing, cool, costly, crazy,
creepy, crowded, daft, decent, deep, demanding, depressing,
desperate, despicable, despondent, disappointed, disastrous,
disgusting, dismal, dreadful, drunk, dull, dumb, effective, efficient,
embarrassing, excited, exciting, exhausted, exhausting, exorbitant,
expensive, fair, familiar, far-fetched, fast, fed up, filthy, fit, flexible,
foolproof, formidable, forthright, free, friendly, frightening, frosty,
full, funny, generous, gloomy, good, gruesome, handy, happy,
hard, harmless, heavy, hopeful, hopeless, horrible, horrific, hot, ill,
implausible, impossible, impressive, incomprehensible, incredible,
151 privately -B
indefensible, ineffective, innocuous, intense, interesting, keen, lazy,
lethal, lonely, mad, marvellous, mean, meaningless, mild, miserable,
modest, much same, mundane, nasty, nervous, nice, noisy, normal,
obvious, odd, ordinary, overwhelming, painful, perceptive, plain,
pleased, popular, potent, powerful, predictable, quick, quiet, rare,
reliable, remote, resilient, ridiculous, rude, safe, scarce, scared,
secluded, secure, selfish, self-sufficient, sensible, sensitive, sexy,
shaky, sharp, shattered, sick, silly, simple, slack, slender, slow, small,
sober, solid, sophisticated, sound, spectacular, splendid, spooky,
stable, staggering, standard, steep, straight, straightforward,
strange, strong, sure, surprised, sympathetic, tame, tedious, terrible,
terrified, tight, tired, tolerant, tough, traditional, trivial, true,
typical, ugly, unbelievable, uncomfortable, unfair, unforgettable,
uninhibited, universal, unlikely, unpleasant, unscrupulous, unusual,
upset, used to, useful, useless, vague, violent, warm, weak.
previously -A
VERBS: announce, cite, consider, describe, discuss, hold, mention,
neglect, note, outline, publish, quote, report, rule, show, state,
think, use, work.
ADJECTIVES: impossible, married, neglected, secret, separate,
unheard, unheard-of, unknown, unnoticed, unreleased,
unthinkable.
primarily -BB
VERBS: aim, based, concentrate, concern, consist, deal, depend,
derive, design, determine, direct, exist, focus, gear, influence,
intend, serve, use.
ADJECTIVES: ceremonial, composed, concentrated, concerned,
engaged, focused, interested, responsible.
principally -C
VERBS: aim, confine, consist, direct, focus, use.
ADJECTIVES: concerned, interested.
privately -B
VERBS: admit, doubt, educate, express, finance, fund, hold, meet,
negotiate, organize, own, praise, print, run, say, seethe, speak, talk,
think, view.
probably -AAA 152
ADJECTIVES: educated, insured, organized, owned, rented.
probably -AAA
VERBS: go, need, notice, think, win.
ADJECTIVES: inevitable, true.
professionally -D
VERBS: act, ask for sb’s opinion, behave, cook, fit, get sth done,
handle, install, run, play, sing, train, use English.
ADJECTIVES: certified, cool, designed, drafted, edited, inadequate,
interested, qualified, trained.
profitably -D
VERBS: exploit, invest, operate, produce, trade, use.
profoundly -D
VERBS: affect, change, disagree, impact, influence, modify, oppose,
shape, transform.
ADJECTIVES: conservative, damaging, deaf, depressing, different,
disabled, disturbed, disturbing, grateful, handicapped, humiliating,
important, impressed, indebted, influence, insecure, irritated,
misleading, mistaken, moving, opposed, relieved, sad, shaken,
shocked, suspicious, uneasy, upset.
profusely -D
VERBS: apologize, bleed, perspire, sweat, thank.
ADJECTIVES: apologetic.
progressively -D
VERBS: decline, destroy, deteriorate, increase, more difficult,
reduce, undermine, weaken, withdraw, worse.
ADJECTIVES: isolated.
prominently -D
VERBS: display, feature, figure.
ADJECTIVES: involved.
153 publicly -B
promptly -CC
VERBS: act, announce, burst, declare, deny, drop, forget, hand,
hire, issue, pay, refund, reply, respond, return, reward, say, seize,
sell, set, take, vanish, vomit, withdraw.
properly -A
VERBS: act, address, adhere, advise, align, appreciate, assess,
behave, belong, breathe, brief, clean, compensate, concentrate,
conduct, consult, control, cost, deal, debate, draft, dress, eat, enforce,
equip, evaluate, examine, exercise, explain, exploit, explore, fasten,
feed, finance, formulate, fulfil, function, fund, handle, heal, heated,
implement, incorporate, install, integrate, introduce, investigate,
iron, judge, label, maintain, manage, monitor, organize, perform,
prepare, pronounce, protect, record, regard, regulate, repair,
research, reward, run, safeguard, seal, secure, service, sleep, smell,
speak, staff, stock, store, structure, supervise, tackle, test, thank,
train, understand, update, use, ventilate, wash, wire, work.
ADJECTIVES: accountable, balanced, closed, educated, heated,
informed, insulated, married, organized, qualified, representative,
shut, trained.
proudly -D
VERBS: admit, announce, beam, boast, declare, display, proclaim,
say, wear.
provisionally -D
VERBS: agree, arrange, estimate, schedule.
psychologically -D
VERBS: abuse, grow, scar.
ADJECTIVES: damaging, disturbed, plausible.
publicly -B
VERBS: accuse, acknowledge, admit, air, announce, apologize,
back, become, call, campaign, comment, condemn, criticize,
debate, declare, defend, denounce, deny, disclose, discuss, endorse,
execute, expose, express, finance, fund, hold, humiliate, identify,
insult, mark, oppose, own, perform, praise, proclaim, rebuke, reject,
purely -BB 154
reprimand, shame, snub, speak, state, support, thank, threaten,

trade, urge, warn.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, accessible, accountable, available,
funded, opposed, owned.
purely -BB
VERBS: concentrate, logical.
ADJECTIVES: abstract, academic, accidental, aesthetic, arbitrary,
based, ceremonial, clinical, coincidental, commercial, cosmetic,
decorative, defensive, descriptive, domestic, economic, factual,
fictional, fictitious, financial, formal, functional, humanitarian,
hypothetical, imaginary, incidental, informal, instinctive,
instrumental, internal, intuitive, linguistic, local, logical, mechanical,
military, negative, objective, optional, ornamental, passive, personal,
philosophical, physical, platonic, political, practical, pragmatic,
private, professional, psychological, random, rational, scientific,
secular, selfish, social, speculative, spiritual, subjective, superficial,
symbolic, technical, theoretical, voluntary.
purposefully -D
VERBS: live, march, stride, walk.
***
155 quietly -AA
Q
qualitatively -D
VERBS: analyze, study.
ADJECTIVES: different, distinct, similar.
quickly -AA
VERBS: abandon, absorb, accelerate, act, adapt, add, adjust,
advance, arrange, assemble, assimilate, avert, become, breathe,
change, clear, collapse, come, cook, cross, dash, deal, depreciate,
descend, detect, deteriorate, devour, disappear, discover, dismiss,
disperse, dress, drive, drop, dry, dwindle, emerge, erect, exhaust,
expand, exploit, fade, fill, find, flick, follow, forget, gain, gather,
generate, glance, go, grasp, grow, hand, heal, implement,
incorporate, integrate, kiss, learn, locate, master, mature, mount,
move, multiply, nod, notice, overcome, pass, penetrate, persuade,
pour, proceed, process, push, react, realize, reassure, recover, regain,
reject, release, remove, repair, reply, resolve, respond, restore,
result, retort, retreat, reverse, revive, reward, rinse, rise, rotate,
run, say, scan, settle, shake, silence, slide, snatch, solve, spin, spot,
spread, step, stride, stuff, subside, suppress, surround, swallow,
swim, tire, transfer, transform, trot, turn, type, vanish, walk, wash,
widen, wipe, withdraw.
ADJECTIVES: apparent.
quietly -AA
VERBS: abandon, answer, ask, creep, cry, curse, disperse, drift, drop,
edge, fade, fume, go, graze, groan, hiss, hum, insist, laugh, leave,
lie, listen, live, moan, move, murmur, mutter, observe, pray, repeat,
reply, rest, say, seethe, shelve, simmer, sing, sit, sitting, sleep, slide,
slip, snore, sob, speak, stand, state, swear, talk, urge, vow, wait,
walk, weep, work.
ADJECTIVES: amused, confident, determined, dignified, efficient,
elegant, menacing, optimistic, pleased, proud, situated.
***
racially -D 156
R
racially -D
VERBS: abuse, attack, discriminate, harass, oppress.
ADJECTIVES: biased, different, disadvantaged, divided, exclusive,
homogeneous, mixed, motivated, polarized, prejudiced, tolerant.
radiantly -D
VERBS: smile.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, happy.
radically -C
VERBS: affect, alter, change, differ, improve, modify, reform,
rethink, reverse, revise, transform, undermine.
ADJECTIVES: overhaul.
randomly -D
VERBS: allocate, arranged, distribute, generate, sample, select.
ADJECTIVES: -chosen, distributed, mixed, scattered, selected.
rapidly -D
VERBS: absorb, accelerate, accumulate, adjust, advance, age,
approach, beat, blink, boil, breathe, cease, change, climb, collapse,
decline, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, descend, deteriorate,
disperse, drop, dwindle, emerge, engulf, erode, escalate, evolve,
exhaust, expand, fade, fill, gain, gather, grow, improve, increase,
introduce, lose, mature, mount, multiply, proceed, progress, recede,
regain, resolve, respond, retreat, reverse, revive, rise, rotate, scan,
shift, shrink, spin, spread, subside, succumb, swim, swing, thicken,
transfer, transform, vanish, wane, warm, widen, worsen.
ADJECTIVES: changing.
rarely -A
VERBS: achieve, come, cry, do, exceed, feature, find, get, give,
happen, hear, leave, mention, occur, see, seem, speak, use, venture,
wear.
157 really -AAA

ADJECTIVES: fatal, final, used.
rationally -D
VERBS: behave, explain, plan, think.
ADJECTIVES: justified.
readily -BB
VERBS: absorb, accept, acknowledge, adapt, admit, agree,
appreciate, assimilate, become, blush, concede, detect, dismiss,
distinguish, explain, find, grasp, identify, imagine, incorporate,
interfere, penetrate, perceive, resolve, respond, see, separate, solve,
succumb, supply, switch, tolerate, transmit, understand.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, accessible, adaptable, apparent,
attainable, available, comparable, comprehensible, detachable,
discernible, distinguishable, explicable, forthcoming, identifiable,
intelligible, justified, marketable, obtainable, recognizable,
reversible, separable, susceptible, transferable, understandable,
visible.
really -AAA
VERBS: ache, admire, age, amaze, annoy, appeal, appreciate,
believe, care, concern, deserve, desire, dislike, earn, enjoy, envy,
exist, fear, frighten, fulfil, grease, happen, hate, help, hope, hurt,
imagine, impress, interest, irritate, justify, lack, laugh, like, matter,
miss, need, prefer, regret, relish, respect, scare, shock, stretch,
struggle, surprise, sympathize, think, upset, want, wish, worry.
ADJECTIVES: adequate, afraid, aggressive, alive, amazing, amusing,
angry, annoyed, annoying, appalling, ashamed, astonishing,
awesome, awful, bad, beautiful, big, bitter, bold, bored, boring,
brave, bright, brilliant, busy, careful, chaotic, charming, clever,
concerned, confident, crazy, creative, critical, cross, crucial, daft,
dangerous, decent, dedicated, deep, degrading, delicious, delighted,
delightful, depressed, depressing, desperate, determined, difficult,
dirty, disappointed, disgusted, disgusting, dismal, distraught,
dreadful, drunk, dumb, early, easy, effective, efficient, embarrassed,
embarrassing, encouraging, energetic, enthusiastic, essential, evil,
excellent, exceptional, excited, exciting, exhausted, exhausting,
experienced, extraordinary, famous, fantastic, fascinating, fast, fat,
fed up, feminine, filthy, fit, fond, foolish, formidable, fortunate,
reasonably -B 158
frantic, fresh, friendly, frightening, frustrated, frustrating, funny,

genuine, glad, glamorous, good, good-looking, gorgeous, grateful,
great, guilty, happy, hard, healthy, heavy, helpful, honest, horrible,
horrific, hot, huge, hungry, hurt, ill, impatient, important, impossible,
impressed, impressive, incredible, insecure, inspiring, intense,
interested, interesting, jealous, keen, kind, late, lazy, limited, long,
mad, magnificent, marvellous, mean, miserable, nasty, necessary,
needy, nervous, nice, noisy, obscene, odd, old, outstanding,
persistent, pleased, popular, positive, powerful, pretty, professional,
proud, quick, quiet, radical, refreshing, remarkable, ridiculous, ripe,
rude, sad, safe, satisfying, savage, scared, sensible, serious, severe,
sexy, sharp, shocked, short, sick, silly, sincere, sinister, skinny, sleepy,
small, smooth, soft, solid, sorry, sour, spectacular, spicy, splendid,
spooky, steep, sticky, stiff, stimulating, strange, strong, stunning,
superb, surprised, surprising, sweaty, sweet, talented, terrible,
terrified, thick, thrilled, tight, tiny, tired, touched, tough, tragic,
traumatic, ugly, unbelievable, uncomfortable, unfriendly, unhappy,
unusual, unwell, uplifting, upset, uptight, up-to-date, urgent, useful,
valuable, violent, vital, vivid, warm.
reasonably -B
VERBS: act, ask, assume, behave, expect, feel, fit, foresee, infer,
look, presume, price, regard, request, require, seem, withhold.
ADJECTIVES: able, acceptable, accessible, accurate, active,
balanced, bright, broad, capable, certain, cheap, clear, close,
coherent, comfortable, competent, complete, comprehensive,
confident, consistent, constant, content, democratic, dry, educated,
effective, efficient, encouraging, fair, familiar, fast, firm, fit, flexible,
foreseeable, free, friendly, fruitful, generous, good, good-looking,
happy, harmless, healthy, high, honest, impartial, inexpensive,
informed, intact, intelligent, knowledgeable, large, lengthy, light,
mild, moist, necessary, numerous, objective, optimistic, peaceful,
plain, plausible, pleasant, pleased, possible, powerful, practicable,
practical, predictable, presentable, priced, proficient, prudent,
quick, quiet, realistic, reliable, representative, safe, satisfactory,
satisfied, secure, sensible, skilful, smooth, sober, sound, spacious,
stable, straightforward, successful, sure, tight, tolerant, tough,
valid, warm, wealthy.
reassuringly -D
VERBS: answer, say, smile, pat.
159 relatively -A
ADJECTIVES: calm.
recently -AA
VERBS: announce, become, begin, buy, change, complete, discover,
emerge, introduce, move, open, publish, receive, release, report,
return, see, win.
ADJECTIVES: deceased, married, qualified.
reflectively -D
VERBS: look, pause.
refreshingly -D
ADJECTIVES: cold, cool, frank, honest, original, straightforward.
regularly -AA
VERBS: appear, attend, check, contribute, correspond, encounter,
exceed, exercise, expose, feature, hold, inform, inspect, meet,
monitor, perform, play, practise, pray, recur, recycle, renew, repair,
repeat, report, review, run, schedule, service, space, take, test,
travel, update, use, visit, work.
ADJECTIVES: spaced, used.
relatively -A
VERBS: late, remain.
ADJECTIVES: accessible, advanced, autonomous, benign, brief,
broad, calm, cheap, comfortable, complex, conservative, constant,
content, conventional, costly, deprived, diverse, dominant, dry, early,
easy, efficient, empty, expensive, explicit, exposed, fast, fixed, flexible,
fluid, formal, free, frequent, generous, happy, harmless, healthy,
high, homogeneous, immaterial, immature, immobile, immune,
impartial, inactive, ineffective, inefficient, inert, inexpensive,
inexperienced, inflexible, informal, infrequent, innocent, innocuous,
insensitive, insignificant, intact, isolated, large, late, lengthy, lenient,
liberal, light, limited, little, long, low, manageable, mild, minor,
mobile, moderate, modest, narrow, neglected, neutral, new, novel,
numerous, obscure, opaque, orderly, painless, passive, peaceful,
permanent, poor, popular, powerful, powerless, predictable,
privileged, profitable, progressive, prolonged, quick, quiet, rapid,
relentlessly -D 160
rare, recent, remote, resistant, restricted, rich, rigid, safe, scarce,

secure, self-contained, senior, separate, severe, shallow, sheltered,
short, simple, slight, slow, small, smooth, sober, soft, sophisticated,
specialized, stable, static, steady, steep, straight forward, straight,
successful, superficial, temporary, thick, thin, tiny, trivial, unaffected,
unchanged, uncommon, unconcerned, unfamiliar, unfashionable,
unknown, unmoved, unscathed, unstable, unusual, upright, warm,
weak, wealthy, young.
relentlessly -D
VERBS: beat, campaign, persecute, pursue, question, tick.
reliably -D
VERBS: diagnose, estimate, operate, perform, predict.
ADJECTIVES: informed.
reluctantly -D
VERBS: accept, admit, agree, concede, hand, nod, obey, use.
remarkably -B
ADJECTIVES: accurate, alike, beautiful, calm, candid, cheap,
cheerful, civil, clear, close, coherent, complacent, complete,
composed, confident, consistent, constant, cordial, diverse,
economical, effective, efficient, energetic, faithful, fast, frank,
free, fruitful, good, high, homogeneous, innocent, insensitive,
intact, intelligent, liberal, limited, little, long-lived, low, powerful,
productive, quick, quiet, reluctant, resilient, resistant, restrained,
sensitive, short, silent, silly, similar, skilled, slow, small, smooth,
stable, steady, straightforward, strong, successful, swift, tolerant,
tough, unscathed.
remotely -D
VERBS: control, operate, resemble.
ADJECTIVES: situated.
repeatedly -BB
VERBS: accuse, ask, assert, beat, call, clash, complain, criticize,
161 richly -D
declare, demonstrate, deny, express, fail, find, insist, interrupt,
kick, make, occur, postpone, press, punch, rape, referred, refuse,
reinforce, reject, remind, renew, request, return, said, say, show,
stab, state, stress, strike, tell, threaten, try, urge, use, warn.
reportedly -BB
VERBS: criticize, find, include, kill, pay, plan, receive, refuse, said,
take, tell, threaten, try, work.
ADJECTIVES: fascinated, interested.
reproachfully
VERBS: look.
resolutely -D
VERBS: act, enforce, ignore, lead, oppose, protect, refuse, resist,
stick, uphold.
ADJECTIVES: determined, opposed, silent.
respectfully -D
VERBS: bow, clap, disagree, nod, suggest.
ADJECTIVES: silent.
responsibly -D
VERBS: act, behave, drink, face, serve… (as), use.
ADJECTIVES: supervised.
restlessly -D
VERBS: pace, shift, sleep, stir, toss, wander.
richly -D
VERBS: decorate, deserve, dress, earn, embroider, illustrate.
ADJECTIVES: carpeted, carved, coloured, comic, cultivated,
decorative, detailed, embroidered, endowed (with), evocative,
flavoured, furnished, ironic, ornamented, ornate, paid, patterned,
poetic, rewarding, satisfying, scented, shaded, textured, varied,
wooded.
ridiculously -D 162
ridiculously -D
ADJECTIVES: cheap, easy, expensive, guilty, happy, implausible,
inadequate, low, optimistic, overpriced, pleased, romantic,
underpaid.
right -AAA
VERBS: do, guess, keep, play, put, run, start, turn, walk.
rightly
VERBS: assert, claim, convict, criticize, deserve, earn, emphasize,
fear, insist, interfere, judge, observe, point, praise, presume, reject,
remember, state, stress, suspect, value.
ADJECTIVES: celebrated, concerned, famous, proud, suspicious.
rigidly -D
VERBS: adhere to, cling to, control, define, enforce, oppose,
prescribe, rule, separate, stick, structure.
ADJECTIVES: fixed, hierarchical, opposed, organized, upright.
rigorously -D
VERBS: adhere, approach, control, enforce, exclude, monitor,
protect, select, test.
rightfully -D
VERBS: belong to, claim, exercise, own.
ritually -D
VERBS: exchange, murder, slaughter.
romantically -D
VERBS: link, love, name, speak.
ADJECTIVES: attracted, entangled, inclined, involved, situated.
roundly -D
VERBS: applauded, condemned, criticized, cursed, declared,
defeated, rejected, trounced.
163 ruthlessly -D
roughly -B
VERBS: align, chop, coincide, correspond, demand, divide, double,
draw, equate, halve, outline, push, remain, run, shake, shoulder,
shove, speak, translate, treat.
ADJECTIVES: analogous, carved, circular, comparable, constant,
contemporary, equal, equivalent, fifty-fifty, parallel, proportional,
related, same, similar, square, stable, synonymous.
round
VERBS: charge, crawl, drift, gather, grope, jerk, look, pace, peer,
rally, search, spin, stare, switch, veer, wander.
routinely -D
VERBS: brutalize, encourage, flout, handle, ignore, immunize,
make, monitor, process, provide, record, sacrifice, set up, test,
torture, treat, tutor, undertake, use.
rudely -D
VERBS: address, answer, awaken, behave, emphasize, ignore,
interrupt, join, joke, reply, shatter, shout, snub, speak, tell.
ADJECTIVES: critical.
ruefully -D
VERBS: confess, grimace, grin, laugh, note, reflect, remark, shake,
shrug, smile, think.
ruthlessly -D
VERBS: achieve success, defend, exploit, mock, suppress.
ADJECTIVES: honest.
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sadly -B 164
S
sadly -B
VERBS: die, lack, look, miss, mistake, nod, observe, say, shake,
smile, think.
ADJECTIVES: decayed, deceased, disappointed, disillusioned,
lacking, misplaced, mistaken, neglected, predictable.
safely -BB
VERBS: accomplish, arrive, assume, cross, deliver, eject, evacuate,
install, invest, land, negotiate, nestle, rely, return, store, stow, strap,
tuck.
ADJECTIVES: married.
sarcastically -D
VERBS: ask, comment, enquire, murmur, reply, retort, say, smile,
snap.
sardonically -D
VERBS: comment, drawl, laugh, murmur, look, observe, reply,
smile.
satisfactorily -D
VERBS: answer, deal with, do your job, explain, function,
incorporate, operate, perform, progress, resolve, safeguard, settle,
solve, work.
ADJECTIVES: established, organized.
savagely -D
VERBS: assault, attack, beat, cut, growl, fight, kick, kill, mutter,
prune, rape, snarl.
ADJECTIVES: contemptuous.
scantily -D
VERBS: dress.
165 seemingly -BB

ADJECTIVES: clad, dressed, represented.
scarcely -BB
VERBS: begin, believe, conceal, dare, deserve, figure, find, hear,
imagine, know, matter, mention, need, notice, register, see, seem,
sleep, spare, speak, touch, trouble.
ADJECTIVES: able, audible, bearable, capable, credible, discernible,
distinguishable, dry, feasible, imaginable, intelligible, legible,
noticeable, perceptible, recognizable, relevant, sufficient, suitable,
surprised, surprising, tolerable, true, visible.
scientifically
VERBS: analyze, examine, study.
ADJECTIVES: impossible, justified, proven, valid, valuable.
scornfully -D
VERBS: abuse, laugh, look, mock, remark, twist.
scrupulously -D
VERBS: adhere, observe.
ADJECTIVES: careful, clean, fair, honest, polite, tidy.
secretly -D
VERBS: act together, admire, arrange, buy, control, despise, envy,
film, go away, fear, fight, hanker, inform, leave, listen to, long,
marry, meet, negotiate, observe, plan, plan together, plot, record,
relish, smuggle, tell, vote, warn, watch, wish, work… (for), yearn.
ADJECTIVES: delighted, glad, pleased, proud, relieved, resentful,
surprised, terrified, thrilled, used.
securely
VERBS: anchor, attach, bolt, establish, fasten, fit, fix, knot, tie,
wrap.
ADJECTIVES: attached, fixed.
seemingly -BB
ADJECTIVES: casual, contradictory, effortless, endless, futile,
seldom -BB 166
haphazard, harmless, helpless, hopeless, impenetrable, impossible,

incidental, incompatible, indestructible, inevitable, inexhaustible,
innocent, innocuous, insignificant, insoluble, insurmountable,
intelligent, intent, interminable, invincible, irrational, irreconcilable,
irrelevant, lifeless, meaningless, mild, minor, oblivious, obvious,
overwhelming, paradoxical, perfect, positive, random, relaxed, solid,
spontaneous, trivial, unable, unaffected, unaware, unconcerned,
unscathed.
seldom -BB
VERBS: come, do, feel, find, get, go, hear, leave, make, mention,
see, seem, receive, reproduce, speak, use, venture, watch.
selectively -D
VERBS: breed, enforce, market, use.
sensibly -D
VERBS: act, advise, approach, argue, behave, budget, decide,
discuss, drink, drive, eat, price, talk.
ADJECTIVES: cautious, dressed.
sequentially -D
VERBS: approach, file, number, process.
separately -D
VERBS: arrive, buy, consider, control, deal, develop, evolve,
interview, leave, list, live, negotiate, organize, own, pay, produce,
publish, record, sell, serve, store, travel, teach, treat, use, work,
write.
serenely -D
VERBS: sail, smile.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, confident, peaceful.
167 sexually -D
seriously -A
VERBS: advocate, affect, aggravate, assault, become, believe, burn,
challenge, compromise, consider, contemplate, curtail, damage,
debate, delay, dent, deplete, deteriorate, disrupt, distort, divide,
doubt, embark, endanger, entertain, erode, fear, hamper, harm,
hinder, hurt, imagine, impair, impede, impinge, inhibit, injure,
interfere, jeopardize, leg, limit, look, miscalculate, misjudge,
mislead, mismanage, misrepresent, neglect, nod, overestimate,
polluted, prejudice, propose, reply, restrict, say, strain, tackle, take,
test, think, threaten, treat, underestimate, undermine, weaken,
wound.
ADJECTIVES: alarmed, committed, concerned, damaging,
detrimental, disabled, disadvantaged, disturbed, embarrassing,
flawed, handicapped, hurt, ill, inaccurate, inadequate, incompetent,
injured, interested, lacking, limited, misleading, mistaken, neglected,
negligent, overweight, restricted, rich, threatening, unbalanced,
upset, wealthy, wounded, wrong.
severely -A
VERBS: affect, afflict, aggravate, beat, become, burn, burned,
censure, constrain, criticized, criticize, curtail, cut, damage, dent,
deplete, depress, disable, disrupt, distort, erode, hamper, handicap,
hit, impair, incapacitate, inhibit, injure, limit, maul, mutilate,
polluted, prejudice, prune, punish, reduce, reprimand, restrict,
scold, shake, squeeze, strain, suffer, tarnish, test, threaten, torture,
undermine, weaken, wound, wounded.
ADJECTIVES: autistic, congested, constipated, constrained, critical,
damaging, depressed, deprived, disabled, disadvantaged, disturbed,
emaciated, handicapped, ill, indebted, inflamed, injured, liable,
limited, masculine, neglected, overcrowded, practical, repressed,
restricted, retarded, shaken, strained, subnormal.
sexually -D
VERBS: abuse, assault, attract, exploit, harass, like, reproduce,
transmit.
ADJECTIVES: abused, active, adventurous, attractive, aware,
compatible, desirable, excited, exciting, experienced, explicit,
frustrated, fulfilled, immature, impotent, inactive, inadequate,
inexperienced, innocent, interested, involved, jealous, mature,
shabbily -D 168
permissive, provocative, repressed, repulsive, responsive,

stereotyped, stimulating, suggestive, transmitted, violent.
shabbily -D
VERBS: dress, treat.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, treated.
shakily -D
VERBS: move (forward), murmur, walk, whisper.
sharply -B
VERBS: accelerate, attack, brake, climb, contrast, criticize, curtail,
cut, decline, define, demand, descend, deteriorate, differ, dip,
disagree, distinguish, divide, drop, escalate, eye, fall, fluctuate,
focus, frown, glance, increase, inhale, intensify, interrupt, jerk, lift,
look, move, narrow, pinch, rap, react, rebuke, reduce, remind, reply,
retort, rise, say, slow, snap, speak, swerve, tilt, turn, vary, veer.
ADJECTIVES: critical, defined, high, limited, low, pointed, polarized,
silhouetted, -worded.
sheepishly -D
VERBS: confess, grin, nod, smile.
shortly -A
VERBS: announce, arrive, begin, break (for lunch etc.), come, die,
follow, laugh, leave, publish, reply, return, say.
shrewdly -D
VERBS: calculate, eye, narrow, observe, plan, predict, say.
side by side
VERBS: place, ride, sit, stand.
sideways -C
VERBS: fall, glance, lean, look, lurch, move, slide, slip, turn.
169 sincerely -C
significantly -B
VERBS: add, advance, affect, alter, change, contribute, correlate,
cut, decline, decrease, delay, deviate, differ, enhance, exceed,
expand, extend, fall, feature, figure, grow, impair, impede, improve,
increase, influence, inhibit, lessen, modify, name, pause, reduce,
rise, shorten, slow, stimulate, strengthen, upgrade, vary, weaken,
whisper, worsen.
ADJECTIVES: different, dissimilar, great, high, ill, inconsistent,
inferior, large, long, low, well.
silently -D
VERBS: beg, cry, curse, drift, file, hand, laugh, nod, pad, plead,
pray, read, rehearse, repeat, scream, seethe, sing, sit, slide, slither,
sob, squirm, stare, step, swear, toast, vow, wait, watch, weep.
similarly -A
VERBS: affect, behave, have an effect on, influence, treat, use.
ADJECTIVES: dressed, impressive, successful.
simply -AA
VERBS: abandon, adore, assert, confirm, consist, define, deny,
disappear, dislike, dress, duplicate, echo, equate, evade, hand,
highlight, ignore, illustrate, imply, impose, inform, lack, laugh,
mean, need, nod, observe, perpetuate, prefer, push, put, reflect,
refuse, reinforce, relax, rely, repeat, replace, reply, reproduce,
respond, reverse, say, shake, shift, shrug, slot, stare, state, stick,
tick, transfer, underline, vanish, wander, want, waste, wipe, wish,
wither.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, awesome, awful, beautiful, concerned,
descriptive, furious, furnished, gorgeous, grateful, huge, impose,
impossible, incompatible, incorrect, incredible, insufficient,
irrelevant, marvellous, phenomenal, splendid, stunning, superb,
terrible, unacceptable, unbelievable.
sincerely -C
VERBS: apologize, believe, desire, hope, thank, wish.
ADJECTIVES: dear.
singularly -D 170
singularly -D
VERBS: fail, perform.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, foolish, honest, inappropriate, incompetent,
ineffective, lacking, qualified to, rich, unfortunate.
skilfully -D
VERBS: evade, execute, exploit, handle, kick, manage, manipulate,
manoeuvre, play, use, weave, write.
slavishly -D
VERBS: adhere to, conform, copy, follow, stick.
sleepily -D
VERBS: answer, mumble, murmur, rub your eyes, stir.
slightly -AA
VERBS: adjust, affect, alter, annoy, blush, bow, concern, confuse,
cool, cough, crack, creak, crease, crush, curl, curve, damage, decline,
decrease, delay, dent, differ, dilute, dip, distort, drop, enlarge,
exaggerate, exceed, fall, falter, feel, flinch, flush, frown, grimace,
heated, hurt, improve, incline, increase, influence, inhibit, injure,
irritate, leak, lean, lift, limp, look, lurch, mislead, modify, narrow,
nod, obscure, offend, outnumber, overlap, pant, pout, prefer, rain,
recede, recoil, reduce, refine, relax, revise, rewrite, rise, rock, sag,
seem, shake, shift, shiver, shrink, shrug, shudder, simplify, slacken,
slope, slow, smell, smile, soften, spoil, stagger, stir, stumble, surprise,
sway, swell, taste, tighten, tilt, tremble, twist, twitch, vary, weaken,
wet, widen, wince, worry, wound.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, afraid, aggrieved, agitated, ajar, alarmed,
alarming, ambiguous, amused, annoyed, anxious, apologetic,
apprehensive, artificial, ashamed, awkward, battered, bemused,
bent, better, bewildered, biased, bitter, bizarre, blue, bored, boring,
breathless, breezy, brown, charred, cloudy, comic, comical, common,
concerned, confused, confusing, constipated, crazy, creepy, cross,
cross-eyed, curious, curiously dated, cynical, damp, dangerous,
dazed, deaf, degrading, depressed, depressing, deranged,
detached, different, dirty, disabled, disadvantaged, disappointed,
disappointing, disapproving, disconcerting, disgusted, dishonest,
171 smartly -D
dismissive, disreputable, disruptive, distant, distracted, disturbed,
drunk, eccentric, eerie, embarrassed, embarrassing, enigmatic,
envious, erratic, false, familiar, fearful, flawed, flushed, foolish,
foreign, fragrant, frustrated, frustrating, furtive, fuzzy, giddy, green,
grey, guilty, handicapped, hazy, heated, high, hoarse, hot, humorous,
hurt, ill, illogical, immoral, impatient, imperfect, impertinent,
improbable, inaccurate, inclined, inferior, inhibited, injured, ironic,
irregular, irresponsible, irritated, lame, large, late, light-headed,
loaded, long, low, mad, mean, menacing, misleading, moist,
muddled, muted, naïve, negative, nervous, numb, odd, off-putting,
oily, old-fashioned, old, opaque, open, overdrawn, overweight,
pained, painful, pale, paradoxical, patronizing, perplexed,
perverse, pink, prone, puzzled, radioactive, red, reflective, relieved,
reminiscent, repellent, repulsive, resentful, retarded, ridiculous,
rounded, sad, sarcastic, sceptical, secretive, self-conscious, shaky,
sharp, shocked, shocking, shy, sick, sinister, slack, small, smug, soft,
soluble, sour, spicy, spooky, stale, startled, sticky, stiff, strained,
stunned, superior, surprised, surprising, suspect, suspicious, sweet,
swollen, tanned, tender, threatening, transparent, unbalanced,
uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unfair, unfamiliar, unfit,
unfortunate, unorthodox, unpleasant, unreal, unstable, unusual,
variable, warm, wary, well.
slowly -AA
VERBS: accumulate, adjust, advance, approach, become, begin,
breathe, burn, change, chug, circle, climb, come, cook, crawl, creep,
cross, dawn, decline, descend, disappear, disintegrate, dissolve,
drawl, dress, drift, drive, dry, dwindle, ease, edge, emerge, erode,
evolve, expand, fade, feel your way, fill, flow, fly, gain, gather, go,
grow, heal, inhale, jog, lift, mature, move, nod, ooze, open, pace,
paddle, pass, penetrate, pick, pour, proceed, progress, push, reach,
recede, recover, regain, relax, repeat, reply, reverse, ride, rise, roll,
rotate, saunter, say, seep, shake, shift, shrink, shuffle, simmer, sink,
sip, sit down, slide, speak, spread, start, step, stroll, subside, swim,
swing, touch, trail, transform, travel, tread, trudge, turn, walk,
wander, warm, widen.
smartly -D
VERBS: dress, move, step, turn, walk.
smoothly -D 172
smoothly -D
VERBS: accelerate, continue, fit, flow, function, go, land, move,
play (the violin etc), proceed, progress, ripple, rotate, run, say,
slide, work.
ADJECTIVES: groomed, polished.
snugly -D
VERBS: curl up, fit, settle.
ADJECTIVES: sheltered.
so far
VERBS: mention, resist, restrict.
soberly -D
VERBS: agree, dress.
socially -D
VERBS: define, integrate, interact, meet, mix, sanction, see, value.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, adept, advanced, ambitious, aware,
awkward, beneficial, competent, concerned, confident, conscious,
conservative, degrading, deprived, desirable, disadvantaged,
disruptive, diverse, dominant, embarrassing, exclusive, good,
harmful, homogeneous, important, impossible, incompetent,
inept, inferior, insignificant, irresponsible, isolated, limited, mixed,
mobile, organized, privileged, radical, relevant, responsible, secure,
selective, self-sufficient, sensitive, suitable, superior, unacceptable,
undesirable, useful, valuable.
softly -D
VERBS: add, answer, ask, breathe, chuckle, cry, curse, drawl,
exclaim, gleam, glow, groan, growl, hum, illuminate, kiss, knock,
lap, laugh, light, moan, mock, murmur, mutter, pad, patter, repeat,
reply, ripple, rustle, say, sigh, sing, snore, snort, speak, stroke, swear,
taunt, tread, warn, whimper, whine, whisper, whistle.
ADJECTIVES: carpeted, golden, lit (lighted), rounded.
173 somewhat -A
solely -BB
VERBS: attribute, concentrate, confine, consist, deal, dedicate,
define, depend, derive, determine, devote, devoted, exist, focus,
relate, rely, rest, use.
ADJECTIVES: based, composed, concerned, dependent,
responsible.
solemnly -D
VERBS: nod, promise, say, swear.
solicitously -D
VERBS: ask, enquire, help, speak.
solidly -D
VERBS: plant, rain.
ADJECTIVES: -built.
somehow -A
VERBS: become, feel, find, get, lack, link, make, manage, persuade,
retain, seem, solve, survive.
ADJECTIVES: familiar, mistaken, reassuring, responsible, sinister,
symbolic, unreal, vulnerable.
sometimes -AA
VERBS: buy, call, cook, feel, find, refer, referred, seem, think, use,
wonder.
ADJECTIVES: fatal, harmful.
somewhat -A
VERBS: alleviate, become, confuse, cool, delay, differ, ease,
exaggerate, feel, harsh, look, modify, obscure, resemble, seem,
soften, spoil, undermine, vary, wane, weaken.
ADJECTIVES: abstract, absurd, academic, aggressive, aggrieved,
akin, alien, aloof, ambiguous, ambivalent, annoyed, anxious,
arbitrary, artificial, ashamed, awesome, awkward, backward,
bemused, bewildered, bitter, bizarre, breathless, bureaucratic,
chaotic, chilly, claustrophobic, comical, complacent, complex,
somewhere -A 174
complicated, concerned, confused, confusing, conspicuous,

contentious, contradictory, contrived, controversial, conventional,
cool, curious, cynical, dated, debatable, delicate, depressing,
despondent, different, disappointed, disappointing, disconcerting,
dismissive, disorganized, distracted, disturbed, doubtful, dubious,
dull, eccentric, elusive, embarrassed, embarrassing, enigmatic,
envious, erratic, excessive, excitable, exclusive, extravagant,
extreme, flawed, forlorn, formidable, great, guilty, haphazard,
harsh, hazardous, hazy, high, humiliating, impatient, impenetrable,
impertinent, implausible, impractical, imprecise, inaccurate,
inadequate, inappropriate, incompatible, incompetent, inconclusive,
incongruous, inconsistent, inconvenient, ineffective, inefficient,
inferior, inflexible, insecure, insensitive, intrusive, ironic, irrational,
irregular, irrelevant, irresponsible, isolated, lacking, large, lengthy,
limited, low, misguided, misleading, mixed, muddled, mundane,
muted, mystified, naïve, narrow, negative, neglected, nervous,
obscure, odd, old-fashioned, one-sided, opaque, optimistic,
overdrawn, painful, paradoxical, passive, patronizing, peeved,
perplexed, perverse, pessimistic, pointless, prolonged, puzzled,
questionable, radical, rare, relieved, reluctant, reminiscent, remote,
restricted, restrictive, ridiculous, risky, sad, sarcastic, scarce,
sceptical, secretive, self-conscious, sensitive, separate, shaken,
shaky, shy, similar, simplistic, sinister, small, sombre, startled,
static, sterile, stiff, strained, strange, stunned, subdued, subjective,
superficial, superior, surprised, surprising, suspect, suspicious, tame,
technical, tedious, threatening, unbalanced, uncertain, undignified,
uneasy, unexpected, unlikely, unnecessary, unorthodox, unpleasant,
unpopular, unstable, unusual, vague, variable, volatile.
somewhere -A
VERBS: begin, fall, find, get, go, lead, lie, live, put, read, see,
start.
ADJECTIVES: different, more comfortable, safe, warm.
soon -AAA
VERBS: arrive, become, begin, cease, come, die, disappear, discover,
find, finish, follow, forget, learn, leave, notice, pass, realize, recover,
restore, settle, spread, warm, withdraw.
ADJECTIVES: apparent, clear, evident.
175 specially -BB

sound
ADJECTIVES: asleep.
soothingly -D
VERBS: murmur, reply, say, speak.
sorely -D
VERBS: test, tire.
ADJECTIVES: disappointed, lacking, missed, needed, neglected,
tempted.
soundly -D
VERBS: beat, defeat, kiss, reject, sleep, thrash, whip.
ADJECTIVES: based.
sourly -D
VERBS: grin, laugh, reply.
south -A
VERBS: drive, face, flee, go, head, march, move, take the bus etc.,
turn.
sparingly -D
VERBS: apply, play, reward, use.
sparsely -D
VERBS: distribute.
ADJECTIVES: covered, furnished, populated.
specially -BB
VERBS: adapt, arrange, build, choose, coat, commission, compose,
construct, create, designate, design, develop, equip, erect, formulate,
import, make, modify, prepare, print, recruit, reserve, select, tailor,
train, use, weave, write.
ADJECTIVES: adapted, careful, commissioned, constructed,
interested, organized, prepared, privileged, relevant, shaped,
trained.
specifically -A 176
specifically -A
VERBS: address, aim, ask, deal, define, design, devote, direct,
exclude, exempt, focus, forbid, gear, grant, instruct, look, mention,
order, prohibit, provide, recommend, refer, reject, relate, request,
reserve, state, tailor, target, targeted, warn, write.
ADJECTIVES: concerned, referred, related, religious, trained.
spectacularly -D
VERBS: display, fail, grow, rise, skate, succeed.
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, lit (lighted), successful.
speculatively -D
VERBS: attack, demand, eye, look, narrow, trade.
speedily -D
VERBS: deal, recover, resolve, solve.
spontaneously -D
VERBS: applaud, arise, generate, happen, ignite, laugh, occur,
react, speak.
squarely -D
VERBS: aim, blame, compete, face, fall, hit, jam, meet sb’s eyes,
place, plant, rest, sit, stand.
starkly -D
VERBS: contrast, illustrate, stand out.
ADJECTIVES: different, presented, silhouetted, simple.
startlingly -D
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, original, poor.
statistically -D
ADJECTIVES: accurate, insignificant, proven, representative,
significant, valid, vital.
177 strangely -CC

steadfastly -D
VERBS: believe, ignore, refuse.
ADJECTIVES: devoted.
steadily -D
VERBS: accumulate, advance, breathe, burn, chug, climb, decline,
decrease, drink, drop, dwindle, erode, escalate, expand, fall, flow,
gain, gather, gaze, grow, improve, increase, jog, mount, progress,
rain, regard, ride, rise, say, shine, shrink, stare, trickle, watch, work,
worsen.
steeply -D
VERBS: ascend, bank, climb, decline, descend, dip, drop, fall,
incline, increase, rise, shelve, slope.
ADJECTIVES: angled, raked, slanting, tiered.
sternly -D
VERBS: judge, reply, say, tell, wag your finger, warn.
stiffly -D
VERBS: nod, reply, retort, say, stand, whisk the cream/egg whites.
ADJECTIVES: erect, formal, upright.
stoutly -D
VERBS: declare, defend, deny, refuse.
ADJECTIVES: -made.
straight -AA
VERBS: aim, come, continue, direct, drive, fly, go, head, look, point,
run, shoot, sit, stand, stare, talk, think, walk.
strangely -CC
VERBS: act, behave, echo, feel, glitter, look, name, seem.
ADJECTIVES: absent, bare, calm, comforting, compelling, content,
detached, distant, disturbed, elated, elusive, enigmatic, excited,
familiar, happy, innocent, lacking, mixed, muted, pale, pleased,
strategically -D 178
prophetic, quiet, reluctant, reminiscent, sad, shaped, silent, still,

subdued, uncertain, uneasy, unreal, vulnerable.
strategically -D
VERBS: locate, place, position, site.
ADJECTIVES: important, -placed, planned, sensible, vital.
strenuously -D
VERBS: advise, defend, deny, object to, resist.
strictly -BB
VERBS: adhere, comply, confine, control, define, enforce, forbid,
interfere, keep, limit, monitor, observe, prescribe, prohibit, ration,
regulate, remain, reserve, segregate, speak, stick, supervise.
ADJECTIVES: academic, accurate, businesslike, chronological,
comparable, confidential, contemporary, conventional, factual,
formal, hierarchical, illegal, illogical, impartial, irrelevant, kosher,
liable, limited, necessary, neutral, orthodox, platonic, practical,
professional, rational, speaking, taboo, teetotal, temporary, true,
unnecessary.
strikingly -D
VERBS: contrast, illustrate.
ADJECTIVES: absent, attractive, beautiful, coloured, contradictory,
different, good-looking, handsome, heavy, marked, original,
patterned, pretty, reminiscent, similar, uniform.
strongly -D
VERBS: advise, advocate, agree, appeal, applaud, approve, argue,
assert, associate, attack, back, believe, blow, campaign, colour,
concur, condemn, contest, contrast, correlate, criticize, defend,
define, denounce, deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, dislike,
emerge, emphasize, encourage, endorse, favour, feature, feel, figure,
hint, hold, identify, implicate, imply, influence, insist, link, object,
oppose, perform, prefer, press, promote, protest, react, recommend,
reinforce, reject, relate, rely, remind, represent, resemble, resent,
resist, sense, smack, smell, stimulate, stress, suggest, support,
suspect, swim, taste, urge, weigh, word.
179 subtly -D
ADJECTIVES: apparent, attached, biased, coloured, committed,
concentrated, corrosive, critical, dependent, developed, evident,
flavoured, fortified, hierarchical, inclined, linked, marked,
motivated, nationalistic, negative, opposed to, optimistic, organized,
orientated, patriotic, positive, related, reminiscent, scented,
suggestive, supportive, worded.
stubbornly -D
VERBS: cling, fight, insist, persist, refuse, repeat, resist, say, stick,
oppose.
ADJECTIVES: silent.
studiously -D
VERBS: avoid, examine, ignore, learn, look.
ADJECTIVES: blank, vague.
stunningly -D
ADJECTIVES: attractive, beautiful, naïve.
subsequently -BBB
VERBS: arrest, become, confirm, convict, develop, die, discover,
emerge, find, give, make, prove, publish, return, spread, take, use,
withdraw.
substantially -BB
VERBS: add, affect, alter, boost, change, contribute, differ, dilute,
enhance, exceed, fall, grow, impair, improve, increase, modify, offset,
outnumber, prejudice, rebuild, reduce, remain, renovate, revise,
rewrite, rise, strengthen, underestimate, upgrade, vary, weaken.
ADJECTIVES: better, complete, correct, different, great, high,
increased, intact, large, low, same, similar, unchanged, well.
subtly -D
VERBS: alter, change, mention, mock, undermine.
ADJECTIVES: different, distinct, fragrant.
successfully 180
successfully
VERBS: accomplish, adapt, address, appeal, argue, assert, bid,
block, breed, campaign, challenge, combine, communicate,
compete, complete, conceal, conduct, contest, convey, cross,
cultivate, defend, demonstrate, employ, eradicate, evade, execute,
experiment, exploit, fight, fulfil, function, gain, handle, harness,
implement, incorporate, install, integrate, intervene, lobby,
manage, manipulate, market, mobilize, mount, navigate, negotiate,
operate, organize, overcome, penetrate, perform, persuade, plead,
predict, press, prevent, protect, pursue, rear, repair, resist, resolve,
seek, stand, sue, tackle, test, trace, trade, transfer, transplant, treat,
utilize, weather.
succinctly -D
VERBS: describe, explain, express, put, state, sum, summarize.
suddenly -AA
VERBS: accelerate, age, appear, ask, become, begin, brake,
brighten, burst, cease, change, clear, collapse, come, confront, cry,
cut, dawn, decide, die, disappear, discover, dive, drop, emerge, end,
erupt, escalate, exclaim, expand, explode, expose, feel, find, flare,
flash, freeze, grab, illuminate, interrupt, jerk, jump, laugh, leap,
light, look, narrow, notice, overcome, overwhelm, push, realized,
realize, recall, release, remember, remind, reverse, revive, rush,
say, see, seem, seize, shake, shatter, shift, shout, snap, speak, spot,
spring, start, stir, stop, strike, swerve, swing, switch, think, thrust,
transform, turn, vanish, wake, warm, widen, worsen.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, alert, alive, angry, anxious, ashamed, aware,
breathless, cautious, fashionable, furious, impatient, intent, nervous,
sharp, silent, startled, wary, weak.
suicidally -D
ADJECTIVES: depressed, inclined.
suitably -C
VERBS: dress, equip, impress, inscribe, look, modify, name, protect,
qualify, reward.
ADJECTIVES: apologetic, cautious, clad, dramatic, educated,
experienced, heroic, impressed, impressive, ironic, qualified,
181 surprisingly -B
sombre, subdued, sympathetic, trained, uplifting, vague.
sufficiently -D
VERBS: deter, recover.
ADJECTIVES: accurate, balanced, broad, challenging, convincing,
detailed, educated, evident, experienced, explicit, flexible, heated,
high, hot, impressed, interested, interesting, large, numerous,
orientated, persuasive, powerful, profitable, qualified, rare, realistic,
relaxed, reliable, satisfied, secure, senior, sensitive, serious, severe,
shallow, skilled, sophisticated, stable, thick, unusual, vague, varied,
versed, vigorous, warm.
summarily -D
VERBS: dismiss, eject, execute, shoot.
superbly -D
VERBS: engineer, equip, illustrate, play.
ADJECTIVES: comfortable, efficient, organized, situated, tailored.
superficially -D
VERBS: examine, resemble, teach.
ADJECTIVES: plausible, similar.
supposedly -C
VERBS: haunt, make.
ADJECTIVES: factual, homogeneous, indefensible, objective,
superior, universal, unprecedented.
supremely -D
ADJECTIVES: beautiful, confident, efficient, elegant, gifted,
practical, selfish, stupid, superior, talented.
surely -A
VERBS: deserve, realize, survive.
surprisingly -B
ADJECTIVES: accurate, bright, cheap, comfortable, complex,
suspiciously -D 182
delicate, early, easy, effective, fast, frank, gentle, good, happy, harsh,
high, large, light, little, low, mild, moderate, modest, neat, powerful,
quick, rare, small, spacious, strong, tolerant, warm, weak.
suspiciously -D
VERBS: act, ask, behave, eye, look, narrow, regard, sniff, sound,
stare, study sb, view, watch.
ADJECTIVES: cheap, large, long, silent.
sweetly -D
VERBS: enquire, murmur, reply, sing, smell, smile.
ADJECTIVES: innocent, perfumed, scented.
swiftly -D
VERBS: act, deal with, dress, flow, follow, get rid of, march, move,
react, respond, retreat, terminate, walk.
sympathetically -D
VERBS: address, consider, deal with, listen, nod, react, respond,
restore, smile, treat.
systematically -D
VERBS: analyze, approach, arrange, attempt, destroy, evaluate,
exclude, explore, investigate, manipulate, monitor, observe,
organize, reorganize, search, study, suppress, think, train, use, vary,
violate.
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183 temporarily -D
T
tacitly -D
VERBS: accept, acknowledge, admit, agree, approve, assume,
collude, condone, consent, sanction, support.
tartly -D
VERBS: agree, enquire, observe, point, remark, reply, say.
tastefully -D
VERBS: decorate, lay, restore.
technically -C
VERBS: know, remain, speak.
ADJECTIVES: accomplished, advanced, brilliant, competent,
complex, correct, demanding, difficult, efficient, feasible, illegal,
impossible, impressive, incompetent, incorrect, inferior, orientated,
possible, proficient, sophisticated, superior.
technologically -D
VERBS: achieve, advance, innovate.
ADJECTIVES: advanced, capable, change, compatible, develop,
illiterate, literate, progress, sophisticated.
temperamentally -D
ADJECTIVES: different, incapable, similar, suited.
temporarily -D
VERBS: abandon, allow, blind, close, deal with, desert, digress,
employ, exile, fix, forget, halt, help, hold, house, imprison,
incapacitate, interrupt, join, lose, relieve, remove, solve, stop, store,
suspend, take care of sb/sth, transfer, use, withdraw, work.
ADJECTIVES: absent, closed, covered, deserted, quiet, speechless,
unable, unemployed.
tenaciously -D 184
tenaciously -D
VERBS: believe, cling, fight, negotiate.
ADJECTIVES: loyal.
tenderly -D
VERBS: care, cradle, kiss, lay, stroke.
tentatively -D
VERBS: agree, conclude, identify, knock, say, schedule, smile,
suggest, take steps, venture.
terminally -D
ADJECTIVES: ill, sick.
terribly -B
VERBS: disappoint, feel, go, hurt, look, mind, miss, mutilate, seem,
sound, suffer, upset, worry.
ADJECTIVES: afraid, angry, ashamed, bored, boring, brave, busy,
cold, complicated, conscious, dangerous, depressed, deprived,
difficult, disappointed, disappointing, distraught, embarrassed,
embarrassing, excited, exciting, expensive, extravagant, fascinating,
frustrating, funny, glad, good, good-looking, grateful, guilty, hard,
homesick, hungry, hurt, ill, important, impressed, inaccurate,
inconvenient, inefficient, interested, interesting, involved,
irresponsible, keen, lonely, negative, nice, noisy, old, old-fashioned,
ordinary, painful, pale, pessimistic, plausible, proud, romantic,
rude, sad, sensitive, shocked, short, shy, sick, skinny, small, sorry,
steep, surprised, sweet, thin, tired, tragic, uncomfortable, unfair,
unfashionable, unhappy, unnatural, unpopular, unsure, upset,
violent, wrong.
tersely -D
VERBS: announce, comment, explain, laugh, reply, say.
thematically -D
VERBS: classify, group, index.
ADJECTIVES: related.
185 thoughtfully -D
theoretically -D
ADJECTIVES: capable, desirable, flawed, impossible, illegal,
informed, justified, possible, sound.
thick -A
VERBS: cut, slice.
thickly -D
VERBS: butter, coat, cover (with), grow, murmur, mutter, pad, say,
slice, sow, spread, swirl, whisper.
ADJECTIVES: carpeted, covered, encrusted (with), overgrown,
populated, soft, spiced, wooded.
thinly -D
VERBS: apply, slice, smile, sow, spread.
ADJECTIVES: covered, disguised, populated, scattered, -sliced,
veiled.
thoroughly -B
VERBS: approve, beat, become, check, chew, clean, cleanse, confuse,
cook, cool, debate, deserve, despise, disapprove, discuss, drain, dry,
enjoy, entertain, evaluate, examine, explore, feel, inspect, integrate,
investigate, look, mix, recommend, research, review, revise, rinse,
scrub, scrutinize, search, soak, stir, study, test, understand, vet,
warm, wash, wet.
ADJECTIVES: alarmed, annoyed, ashamed, bewildered, bogged
down, bored, charming, confused, convincing, corrupt, decent,
dejected, democratic, depressed, disgusted, disillusioned,
distasteful, domesticated, dry, engrossed, enjoyable, entertaining,
exhausted, familiar, fed up, irritated, miserable, modern, mundane,
nasty, nice, overhaul, professional, satisfying, sick, soaked, trained,
undignified, unpleasant, unscrupulous, upset.
thoughtfully -D
VERBS: chew, eye, frown, gaze, lean back, murmur, narrow, nod,
pause, regard, rub your chin, say, scratch your head, sip, stare,
stroke, study.
throatily -D 186
ADJECTIVES: -provided, silent.
throatily -D
VERBS: growl, laugh, murmur, roar.
tight -BBB
VERBS: be, become, clamp, clench, close sth, clutch sth, draw sth,
feel, get, go, grip sth, hang, hold (on), hold sth, hug, keep sth, look,
pull sth, remain, seem, shut sth, stretch, tie sth, wind.
tightly -D
VERBS: bind, clamp, clasp, clench, cling, close, cluster, clutch, coil,
control, cover, curl, define, embrace, fasten, fit, grasp, grip, hold,
hug, integrate, knot, pack, prescribe, regulate, roll, tie, tie a knot,
say, screw, seal, secure, shut, squeeze, strap, stretch, structure, tie,
twist, wedge, wind, wrap, wring.
ADJECTIVES: -belted, -buckled, -circumscribed, closed, constrained,
-knit, organized, shut.
to and fro
VERBS: pace, rock, roll, swing, walk.
totally -AA
VERBS: abandon, abolish, absorb, become, clear, commit, confine,
confuse, convince, cut, defeat, destroy, disagree, disrupt, dominate,
drain, eliminate, enclose, eradicate, exclude, exhaust, fail, feel,
forbid, forget, gear, humiliate, ignore, immerse, incapacitate, lose,
mask, mislead, misread, neglect, obliterate, obscure, omit, oppose,
overwhelm, paralyze, penetrate, rebuild, relax, reorganize, reverse,
ruin, rule, satisfy, seal, seem, separate, subordinate, surround,
transform, underestimate, undermine, vanish, wipe, wreck.
ADJECTIVES: abhorrent, absent, absorbed, acceptable, accurate,
addicted, adequate, alien, amazed, artificial, assured, automatic,
autonomous, baffled, bald, bemused, bewildered, bewildering,
bizarre, blind, bogged down, bonkers, brilliant, comfortable,
committed, compatible, comprehensive, concentrated, confident,
confidential, confused, contradictory, contrary, convinced,
convincing, corrupt, covered, crazy, cynical, deaf, dedicated,
187 traditionally -D
dejected, dependable, dependent, deprived, derelict, deserted,
detached, devoid, devoted, different, disgusted, disillusioned,
disorganized, disproportionate, dissimilar, distinct, dominant,
dry, empty, engaged, engrossed, exempt, exhausted, exposed,
extinct, fair, false, fearless, fed up, fictitious, flexible, foreign, free,
friendless, frustrated, futile, groundless, haphazard, harmless,
helpless, homogeneous, honest, hooked, hostile, idle, ignorant,
illegal, illiterate, illogical, immaculate, immobile, immoral,
immune, impartial, impassable, impassive, impersonal, impervious,
implausible, impossible, impotent, impracticable, impractical,
inaccessible, inaccurate, inactive, inadequate, inappropriate,
inaudible, incapable, incompatible, incompetent, incomprehensible,
inconceivable, inconsistent, incorrect, indefensible, indifferent,
inedible, ineffective, inexperienced, inexplicable, inflexible,
inhuman, innocent, innocuous, insane, insensitive, instinctive,
insulated, interchangeable, invisible, irrational, irreconcilable,
irrelevant, irresponsible, isolated, justified, lacking, lost, magical,
meaningless, misguided, misleading, misplaced, naked, negative,
new, non-existent, novel, numb, objective, oblivious, obscure,
obsolete, one-sided, opposed, organic, orientated, outrageous,
painless, penniless, pointless, powerless, predictable, preoccupied,
random, relaxed, reliable, reliant, responsible, reversible, ridiculous,
safe, satisfied, secure, self-contained, selfish, separate, shattered,
silent, soluble, speechless, spontaneous, static, straight, submerged,
superfluous, supportive, transparent, unable, unacceptable,
unaffected, unavoidable, unaware, unbelievable, unchanged,
uncharacteristic, unconcerned, unconscious, uncontrollable,
undesirable, unexpected, unfair, unfamiliar, unfit, unforgettable,
unfounded, unheard-of, uninhabitable, uninhibited, unintelligible,
uninterested, unique, united, unknown, unmoved, unnecessary,
unprecedented, unprepared, unprovoked, unqualified, unreal,
unreasonable, unscathed, unsuitable, unused to, unwarranted,
useless, vulnerable, wrong.
traditionally -D
VERBS: associated with, celebrate, collect, define, depict, focus,
perform, regarded as, rely, tend to, thought, wear.
ADJECTIVES: conservative, considered, educated, expected,
feminine, male, organized.
tragically -D 188
tragically -D
VERBS: die, end, illustrate, kill, short-changed.
ADJECTIVES: ironic, low, premature, wrong, young.
tremendously -D
VERBS: change, enjoy, grow, help, improve, influence, progress,
succeed, support, thrill, value, vary.
ADJECTIVES: courageous, encouraging, excited, exciting, flattering,
impressed, impressive, powerful, proud, useful, varied, wealthy.
triumphantly -D
VERBS: announce, campaign, crow, exclaim, grin, look, perform,
smile, return.
truly -BBB
VERBS: answer, become, believe, care, deserve, feel, grease, justify,
love, reflect, tell, understand, want.
ADJECTIVES: admirable, alive, amazing, appalling, astonishing,
awesome, awful, beautiful, bizarre, breathtaking, comic,
comprehensive, cosmopolitan, creative, dedicated, delicious,
delightful, democratic, dreadful, dynamic, equal, evil, excellent,
extraordinary, fantastic, fascinating, formidable, frightening,
fundamental, global, grateful, great, gruesome, happy, heroic,
honest, honoured, hooked, horrible, horrific, impressive, incredible,
indefensible, independent, indigenous, interested, international,
magical, magnificent, married, memorable, mystified, needy,
objective, outstanding, phenomenal, poetic, professional, radical,
random, realistic, remarkable, representative, rural, scientific,
shocked, sorry, spectacular, spiritual, splendid, sympathetic,
talented, terrible, terrified, terrifying, unforgettable, unique,
universal, valuable, viable, vicious, wonderful.
truthfully -D
VERBS: answer, express your opinion, report, represent, review,
say, speak, tell.
tunelessly -D
VERBS: hum, whistle.
189 typically -BB

typically -BB
VERBS: cost, find, include, involve, last, occur, produce, require,
run, take, use.
ADJECTIVES: English, male, masculine, priced, rude, vague.
***
ultimately -BBB 190
U
ultimately -BBB
VERBS: become, decide, defeat, depend, derive, determine, emerge,
fail, fulfil, gain, lead, prevail, prove, resolve, rest, triumph.
ADJECTIVES: decisive, doomed, fatal, frustrating, futile, impossible,
inconclusive, responsible, triumphant, victorious.
unanimously -D
VERBS: accept, agree, approve, back, condemn, decide, declare,
elect, endorse, pass, reject, support, uphold, vote, welcome.
unashamedly -D
VERBS: love, weep.
ADJECTIVES: extreme, patriotic, traditional.
unbearably -D
ADJECTIVES: crowded, hard, hot, lonely, painful, poignant, sad,
smug, stuffy, stupid, tense.
unbelievably -D
ADJECTIVES: bad, beautiful, cheap, exciting, fast, nasty, talented.
uncannily -D
VERBS: coincide, resemble.
ADJECTIVES: accurate, similar.
uncertainly -D
VERBS: eye, hover, stand, sway.
uncharacteristically -D
ADJECTIVES: coy, modest, quiet, silent, tense.
uncomfortably -D
VERBS: shift, shuffle, squirm, wriggle.
191 undoubtedly -B
ADJECTIVES: aware, conspicuous, full, hot, silent, warm.
uncomprehendingly -D
VERBS: look, stare.
ADJECTIVES: bitter.
uncompromisingly -D
VERBS: oppose.
ADJECTIVES: determined, hostile, masculine.
unconditionally -D
VERBS: accept, release, support, surrender, withdraw.
uncontrollably -D
VERBS: bleed, cry, laugh, shake, shiver, shudder, sob, tremble,
twitch, weep.
ADVERBS: angry, apparently, completely, quite, relatively,
seemingly, totally, very.
undeniably -D
ADJECTIVES: exciting, gifted, good, impressive, pleasant, pretty,
true.
underfoot -D
VERBS: crunch, crush, trample.
ADJECTIVES: cool, creak, firm, pleasant, slippery, soft, springy,
wet.
underground -B
VERBS: bury, driven, go, live, work.
understandably -D
ADJECTIVES: angry, anxious, cautious, fearful, intoxicated by,
keen, nervous, reluctant, upset.
undoubtedly -B
VERBS: contribute, enhance, gain, influence, lead.
unduly -D 192
ADJECTIVES: correct, false, genuine, impressive, superior, useful.
unduly -D
VERBS: delay, enrich, harsh, influence, prolong, restrict, tax,
trouble, worry.
ADJECTIVES: anxious, cautious, concerned, cruel, cynical,
expensive, harsh, insistent, lenient, negative, optimistic, patronizing,
perturbed, pessimistic, remote, restricted, restrictive, worried.
uneasily -D
VERBS: compromise, hover, shift (your weight), shuffle, sit, sleep,
stir, wait, wonder.
unequivocally -D
VERBS: answer, condemn, evident, identify, reject, state, support.
ADJECTIVES: precise.
unevenly -D
VERBS: breathe, burn, distribute, move, perform, shine, spread,
walk, work.
ADJECTIVES: matched.
uneventfully -D
VERBS: continue, go, pass, proceed.
unexpectedly -D
VERBS: achieve, announce, appear, arrive, ask, attack, become
rich, change, defeat, detonate, develop, happen, leave, lose, meet,
receive, say, see, shout, stop, think of, veto, win.
ADJECTIVES: disturbed, large, negative, positive.
unfailingly -D
VERBS: help, support.
ADJECTIVES: courteous, friendly, helpful, polite.
193 unlawfully -D
unfairly -D
VERBS: blame, discriminate, dismiss, exclude, penalize, prejudice,
punish, treat.
unfavourably -D
VERBS: comment, compare, contrast, impress, react, view.
ungraciously -D
VERBS: comment, mutter, respond, say.
unhappily -D
VERBS: answer, end, stare.
ADJECTIVES: employed, married.
uniformly -D
VERBS: distribute, spread.
ADJECTIVES: brown, cheerful, coloured, enthusiastic, excellent,
hostile, polite.
uniquely -D
VERBS: condemn, place, position, regard, specify.
ADJECTIVES: qualified to, suited to.
unilaterally -D
VERBS: act, ban, decide, declare, proclaim.
universally -D
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, acclaimed, appealing, fatal, popular,
relevant, true, useful, valid.
unjustly -D
VERBS: accuse, blame, punish, treat.
ADJECTIVES: neglected
unlawfully -D
VERBS: act, arrest, demand, discriminate, employ, evict, kill,
unnaturally -D 194
obtain.
unnaturally -D
VERBS: act.
ADJECTIVES: active, advanced, bright, developed, excited, flushed,
great, pale, quiet, strong.
unnecessarily -D
VERBS: alarm, delay, offend, prolong, repeat, restrict, worry.
ADJECTIVES: bleak, bureaucratic, complex, complicated, detailed,
difficult, expensive, extravagant, harsh, large, mysterious, offensive,
pedantic, pessimistic, provocative, restrictive, risky, severe.
unreasonably -D
VERBS: act, ask, behave, demand, expect, react, restrain,
withhold.
ADJECTIVES: angry, cold, critical, determined, difficult, expensive,
high, long, mild, negative, positive, rude, severe, warm.
unseeingly -D
VERBS: gaze, look, stare.
unsteadily -D
VERBS: breathe, lurch, shimmer, sway, totter, walk, whisper, work.
unsuccessfully -D
VERBS: appeal, attempt, challenge, compete, contest, copy sb,
negotiate, seek, stand, sue, try, urge.
unwittingly -D
VERBS: achieve, cause, contribute, provide, reinforce, stumble,
throw away.
upstream -D
VERBS: fight your way, follow, paddle, swim, work your way.
195 upwards -BB

urgently -D
VERBS: act, appeal, ask for sth, call, consider, demand, meet, need,
request, require, review, seek, summon, wave to sb, whisper.
usefully -D
VERBS: contribute, employ, explore, spend, summarize.
uselessly -D
VERBS: drop, hang, pretend, speculate.
unusually -CC
VERBS: become, look, seem.
ADJECTIVES: bright, broad, cold, complete, detailed, forthcoming,
gentle, good, heavy, helpful, high, hot, large, long, long-lived, low,
mild, powerful, prominent, quiet, rapid, restrained, rich, secretive,
sensitive, severe, silent, small, strong, subdued, susceptible, tall,
warm, wide.
up and down
VERBS: jump, leap, march, pace, run, walk.
upright -CC
VERBS: keep sth, jerk, prop, sit, stand.
uproariously
VERBS: laugh.
ADJECTIVES: funny.
upside down -C
VERBS: hang, land, turn sth.
upstairs -BB
VERBS: come, get, go, live, race, run, rush, walk.
upwards -BB
VERBS: adjust, extend, face, float, gaze, grow, jerk, look, move,
peer, point, revise, slope, stare, stretch, tilt, turn, work.
usually -AA 196
usually -AA
VERBS: associate, call, employ, exceed, find, imply, involve, lead,
mean, prefer, refer, regard, reserve, take, translate, use.
ADJECTIVES: covered, fatal, helpful, impassive.
utterly -BB
VERBS: absorb, become, change, condemn, cut, destroy, drain,
exhaust, fail, feel, forbid, humiliate, look, oppose, reject, seem,
transform.
ADJECTIVES: abhorrent, absorbed, absurd, alien, amazed,
appalling, baffled, barren, beautiful, bewildered, boring,
brilliant, calm, characteristic, charming, compelling, confused,
contemptuous, content, convinced, convincing, cynical, dedicated,
dejected, dependable, dependent, deserted, desolate, desperate,
despondent, determined, devoid, devoted, different, disastrous,
disgraceful, disillusioned, distraught, empty, exhausted, faithful,
false, fearless, foolish, foreign, forlorn, friendless, fruitless, futile,
groundless, helpless, hopeless, humiliating, ignorant, immobile,
immoral, impossible, impracticable, inaccessible, inadequate,
inappropriate, incapable, incompetent, incomprehensible,
inconceivable, incongruous, inhuman, intolerant, irreconcilable,
irrelevant, irresponsible, isolated, mad, miserable, mistaken,
mundane, obscene, opposed, peaceful, pointless, powerless,
pragmatic, reasonable, remote, repellent, repulsive, ridiculous,
sane, secure, selfish, serene, silent, sincere, terrified, thrilled,
unable, unacceptable, unavoidable, unaware, unfair, uninhibited,
unknown, unreasonable, useless, vulnerable.
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197 vertically -D
V
vaguely -C
VERBS: define, feel, gesture, grope, know, look, mutter, nod, recall,
register, remember, reply, resemble, say, seem, sense, smell, talk,
think, wave, wonder, word.
ADJECTIVES: amusing, apologetic, aware, conscious, disreputable,
disturbed, familiar, flattered, foolish, guilty, immoral, insulting,
interested, reassuring, repellent, resentful, sinister, suggestive,
surprised, troubled, uneasy, unwell.
vainly -D
VERBS: attempt, boast, die, hope, seek, struggle, threaten, try.
valiantly -D
VERBS: attempt, fight, struggle, try.
variously -D
VERBS: call, known as, term, translate.
ADJECTIVES: coloured, described, estimated, interpreted.
vastly -D
VERBS: different, exaggerate, expand, improve, increase,
outnumber, outweigh, overestimate, reduce.
ADJECTIVES: amused, disproportionate, entertaining, expensive,
experienced, improved, inferior, inflated, popular, preferable,
superior.
vehemently -D
VERBS: abuse, agree, assault, communicate, condemn, criticize,
deny, disagree, object, oppose, protest, reject, shake.
ADJECTIVES: anti-nuclear, hostile, opposed.
vertically -D
VERBS: align, balance, climb, dive, drop, hold, mount, rise, stand,
vicariously -D 198
support, take off, tower.

ADJECTIVES: straight.
vicariously -D
VERBS: live.
ADJECTIVES: liable.
viciously -D
VERBS: accuse, attack, assault, beat up, lie, snarl, swear.
vigorously -D
VERBS: act, attack, campaign, chew, condemn, contest, debate,
defend, deny, enforce, kick, massage, nod, oppose, protest, puff,
pursue, reject, resist, respond, rub, shake, stir, suppress, swim,
uphold, wave.
violently -C
VERBS: assault, attack, beat, brake, clash, cough, erupt, flinch,
interrupt, jerk, kiss, lurch, nod, oppose, pitch, push, quarrel, react,
rock, shake, shiver, shudder, shy, struggle, suppress, swear, swerve,
swing, thrash, thud, tremble, twist, twitch, veer, vomit.
ADJECTIVES: ill, opposed, sick.
virtually -A
VERBS: abandon, abolish, accuse, become, blackmail, cease,
collapse, cut, declare, destroy, disappear, double, dry, eliminate, end,
erase, exclude, guarantee, halt, halve, ignore, obliterate, paralyze,
rebuild, remain, rule, seal, surround, vanish, wipe.
ADJECTIVES: absent, assured, automatic, bankrupt, bilingual,
certain, circular, complete, constant, derelict, deserted, devoid,
empty, endless, equal, essential, extinct, foolproof, friendless, full,
harmless, identical, illiterate, immaterial, immobile, immortal,
immune, impassable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impervious,
impossible, impotent, inaccessible, inaudible, incomprehensible,
inconceivable, indefensible, indestructible, indispensable,
indistinguishable, inevitable, inexhaustible, infinite, inseparable,
insoluble, instantaneous, insurmountable, intact, interchangeable,
invincible, invisible, irrelevant, meaningless, motionless, naked, non-
199 voraciously -D
existent, obliged, obsolete, painless, penniless, perfect, permanent,
powerless, redundant, same, self-sufficient, static, sterile,
synonymous, unable, unaffected, unanimous, unaware, unbeatable,
unbroken, unchanged, uncontrollable, unheard-of, uninhabitable,
unintelligible, unique, universal, unknown, unlimited, unnoticed,
unprecedented, unscathed, unthinkable, unused, useless.
visibly -D
VERBS: brighten, flinch, overcome, relax, squirm, thaw, wince.
ADJECTIVES: aged, agitated, disappointed, disgusted, distressed,
embarrassed, irritated, moved, pleased, relaxed, relieved, shaken,
shocked, tired, uncomfortable, upset.
visually -D
VERBS: present, represent.
ADJECTIVES: attractive, exciting, handicapped, impressive,
inspired, intrusive, stimulating, striking, stunning.
vividly -D
VERBS: contrast, convey, demonstrate, describe, evoke, illuminate,
illustrate, portray, recall, record, recount, remember, remind.
ADJECTIVES: coloured.
vocationally -D
ADJECTIVES: orientated, qualified, relevant, skilled, trained.
voluntarily -D
VERBS: abandon, agree, give, go, leave, make, relinquish, return,
submit, surrender, work.
ADJECTIVES: homeless, unemployed.
voraciously -D
VERBS: eat, feed, read.
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W
warily -D
VERBS: approach, eye, look at, regard, tread, watch.
warm
VERBS: wrap up.
warmly -C
VERBS: applaud, clasp, congratulate, dress, embrace, endorse,
greet, praise, receive, say, shake, shine, smile, speak, thank,
welcome, wrap.
weakly -D
VERBS: burn, demand, exclaim, glimmer, glow, grin, lean, protest,
say, shine, smile.
ADJECTIVES: organized, positive.
wearily -D
VERBS: lean, rub, sag, shake, sigh, trail, trudge, walk.
west -A
VERBS: continue, drive, face, flee, go, head, look, move, travel.
wholly -BB
VERBS: convince, cut, fail, finance, neglect, oppose, own, seem,
subordinate.
ADJECTIVES: absent, admirable, appropriate, arbitrary, avoidable,
beneficial, commendable, committed, compatible, composed,
consistent, dependent, desirable, destructive, detached, different,
disproportionate, distinct, evil, exceptional, exempt, explicable,
fictional, fictitious, free, ignorant, illegitimate, imaginary,
immaterial, immune, impervious, implausible, impractical,
inaccurate, inadequate, inappropriate, incapable, incompatible,
inconceivable, inconsistent, indefensible, independent, ineffective,
innocent, innocuous, insufficient, intact, irrational, irrelevant,
201 wildly -CC

irresponsible, lacking, misleading, misplaced, mistaken, negative,
negligent, new, novel, objective, one-sided, opposed, owned,
peaceful, positive, predictable, reliant, respectable, responsible,
satisfactory, satisfying, self-contained, self-sufficient, separate,
sincere, subjective, subordinate, superfluous, superior, supportive,
symmetrical, transferable, unable, unacceptable, unaffected,
unaware, unbalanced, unconscious, understandable, unexpected,
unfair, unfit, unfounded, unnecessary, unreal, unreasonable,
unsuitable, unwarranted, useless.
wholeheartedly -D
VERBS: accept, agree, approve, co-operate, echo, embrace, endorse,
perform, subscribe, support, welcome.
wickedly -D
VERBS: grin, smile, wink.
ADJECTIVES: funny, sharp.
wide -A
VERBS: fire, open, shoot.
ADJECTIVES: awake, -eyed, open.
widely -AA
VERBS: accept, acclaim, acknowledge, adopt, advertise, assume,
become, believe, blame, circulate, cite, consider, consult, criticize,
differ, discuss, disperse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, echo,
employ, expect, exploit, export, fluctuate, grin, hold, implement,
interpret, know, known, leak, perceive, promote, publicize, range,
read, recognize, regard, report, respect, review, scatter, see, separate,
share, smile, space, spread, study, travel, use, vary, view, welcome,
yawn.
ADJECTIVES: acceptable, accessible, available, different, differing,
diverse, experienced, popular, recognized, representative, scattered,
separate, unpopular, used, variable, varied.
wildly -CC
VERBS: beat, career, cheer, crackle, cry, dance, exaggerate, fire,
flail, flap, fluctuate, gesticulate, gesture, hit, kick, look, run, scream,
wilfully -D 202
shake, shout, signal, slash, sob, stare, swing, talk, thrash, thud,
thump, vary, veer, wave.
ADJECTIVES: angry, different, eccentric, enthusiastic, erratic,
excited, exciting, extravagant, funny, improbable, inaccurate,
optimistic, popular, romantic, successful.
wilfully -D
VERBS: damage, disobey, exaggerate, neglect, obstruct, refuse.
willingly -D
VERBS: accept, forgo, help, learn, participate, pay, submit,
volunteer.
wisely -D
VERBS: act, advise, choose, decide, invest, move, nod, refrain,
spend, use.
woefully -D
ADJECTIVES: inadequate, ignorant, inadequate, incompetent,
lacking, neglected, out-of-date, short, uninformed.
wonderfully -D
VERBS: get on, name, play.
ADJECTIVES: absurd, airy, beautiful, clean, comfortable,
comforting, comic, cool, creamy, creative, crisp, decorative, deep,
different, entertaining, exciting, expressive, fragrant, fresh, funny,
generous, glossy, handsome, happy, imaginative, informative,
inventive, light, luxuriant, luxurious, meaty, mellow, pretty, pungent,
pure, refreshing, rich, romantic, secluded, soothing, spontaneous,
supportive, tolerant, tranquil, varied, versatile, vivid, warm.
wordlessly -D
VERBS: nod, point, stare.
worse -A
VERBS: do, feel, hurt, play, treat.
203 wryly -D
worse than
ADJECTIVES: useless.
wrong -A
VERBS: go, guess, spell.
wrongly -C
VERBS: accuse, act, advise, assume, claim, convict, decide, diagnose,
execute, identify, imprison, interfere, judge, label, penalize, position,
predict, presume, spell, spelt, state, suppose, suspect.
wrongfully -D
VERBS: act, arrest, convict, dismiss, imprison.
wryly -D
VERBS: comment, grimace, grin, laugh, murmur, observe, reflect,
remark, smile, think, twist.
ADJECTIVES: amused.
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yes -AAA 204
Y
yes -AAA
VERBS: answer, gesture, nod, reply, say, signal, vote.
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what verbs and adjectives normally go with a given adverb.

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THESAURUS OF Descriptive english

How adverbs work

1). Function 1: Acting as a pure modifier

(i) An adverb can pre-modify an adjective

(ii) An adverb can pre-modify another adverb

(iii) A small set of adverbs can modify even nouns,

(b) Some adverbs of time and place postmodify

(c) Some adverbs can premodify as well as

(d) The adverbs after, away, down, home, inside, then,

(iv) The adverbs right, well and directly often modify

(v) The adverb right often modifies particles in phrasal

(vi) Intensifier adverbs and downtoner adverbs:

2). Function 2: Acting as the Adverbial

(i) By modifying the Verb element in the clause

Adjuncts and Subjuncts

ii). By relating to the whole clause

Disjuncts relate to a whole clause, by expressing a judgemental

Adverbs and adverbials

Note: Adverbial clauses occur as Adverbials about 50% of the number

-ly adverbs formed from other classes

unearthly, unfriendly, unscholarly, unsoldierly, womanly.

Other derivational adverbs

Relative frequency of Adverbials

Position of Adverbial adverbs

a clause element. In this role as the modifier of the verb-element in a

They rejected the proposal outright.

a). Immediately before the lexical verb:

b) Between the operator and verb

c) Between two auxiliaries

d) Before have to, etc.

e) After the verb

As far as adverbs of time-frequency are concerned, most of them

(iv) The adverb acts as a viewpoint indicator.

(iv) As view point indicators

Adverbs functioning as Adverbials

Adjuncts & Subjuncts

(ii) Duration adverbs:

(iii) Time-frequency adverbial adverbs:

(iv) Relative time adverbs:

(i) Distance adverbs:

(ii) Direction adverbs:

(iii) Position adverbs:

(iv) Area adverbs:

(i) Manner adverbs:

steeply, stiffly, strangely, studiously, stupidly, subtly, superbly,

(ii) Means (and instrument) adverbs:

(b) Diminishers: Downtoning/softening adverbial

E.g. What you do is important, but success depends equally on how

Disjuncts and conjuncts

• approximately, bluntly, briefly, broadly, candidly, confidentially,

Now for the thesaurus proper

consistent, constant, convinced, correct, covered, crazy, critical,

(all over) again

generous, good, happy, intricate, quick, spry, versatile.

How to achieve Dictionary of Fluency Word clusters

How to achieve Dictionary of Fluency Word clusters