adverbs
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A line such as this one, from Carrickfergus, a traditional ballad Shane admired, says more about state of mind than any sentence loaded with adjectives and adverbs.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Also inseparable from their prefixes, which endowed them with meaning, were adjectives and adverbs.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Reading her articles aloud, Ms. Rubin said, helps her cut superfluous adverbs like “very” and “really” — or break up long paragraphs that provide context but can quickly become unwieldy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
And as English majors, what mostly alarmed us then were all the adverbs author J.K.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022
Yes, straight, right, hard, and the rest are bona-fide adverbs and have been for many centuries.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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