needless adverbs

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Eliminating needless adverbs streamlines your writing. Omitting these intensifiers makes you sound more credible and businesslike. See how many needless adverbs you can find.

Try to find all 11 words on this board.

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

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1Y S E V E R E L Y # D
2L Y L E M E R T X E R
3L # # Y R E V # F E Q
4A # # T # # # I H # U
5U # # A # # N T # R I
6T # # H # I A # E # T
7C # # W T R # A # # E
8A Y L E T E L P M O C
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10# Y # O Y # # # # # #
11# A B S O L U T E L Y
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  511e
ACTUALLY  18n
COMPLETELY  78w
DEFINITELY  66sw
EXTREMELY  102w
QUITE  114s
RATHER  67ne
REALLY  105sw
SEVERELY  21e
SOMEWHAT  411n
VERY  73w