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.

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

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1# A C T U A L L Y # C
2T Y B R A T H E R # O
3# A L S E # # # # # M
4# # H E O A # # # # P
5# # # W T L L # # # L
6# # # # E I U L # # E
7# # # # # M N T Y # T
8E T I U Q # O I E # E
9Y L E R E V E S F L L
10# Y L E M E R T X E Y
11# # # # V E R Y # # D
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  54se
ACTUALLY  21e
COMPLETELY  115s
DEFINITELY  66nw
EXTREMELY  1010w
QUITE  48w
RATHER  42e
REALLY  42se
SEVERELY  89w
SOMEWHAT  89nw
VERY  511e