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.

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

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1C # # A C T U A L L Y
2O Y # Y L L A E R Y Y
3M T L L # # # # # L #
4P A # E # # # # E E #
5L H Q T T # # R # M #
6E W # U # I E # # E #
7T E # L I V N # # R #
8E M # O E T E I # T #
9L O # S # # E R F X #
10Y S # B # # # # Y E #
11# # # A R A T H E R D
Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  48n
ACTUALLY  41e
COMPLETELY  15s
DEFINITELY  66nw
EXTREMELY  1010n
QUITE  46se
RATHER  511e
REALLY  92w
SEVERELY  49ne
SOMEWHAT  210n
VERY  67se