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Intensifying adverbs 6 Flashcards

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Highly/Utterly/Absolutley

likely unusual successful, competitive profitable, effective controversial recommended

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Highly

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Highly/Utterly/Absolutley

ridiculous, stupid impossible, wrong alone, appalled, convinced, devastated miserable

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/Utterly(formal)
Absolutely

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Bitterly/deeply/ridiculously/strongly

Disappointing/disappointed resent, criticize, regret, complain, cry= weep

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Bitterly
Carries a feeling of deep sadness

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Bitterly/deeply/ridiculously/strongly

ashamed, concerned, shocked, committed moved, affected, hurt ( of feeling ) regret, care, religious, unhappy

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Deeply
Collocate mainly with words associated with feelings

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Bitterly/deeply/ridiculously/strongly

oppose influence believe deny recommend support condemn suggest feel argue object

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Strongly
Collocate with verbs, particularly verbs that relate to having an opinion

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Bitterly/deeply/ridiculously/strongly

cheap expensive easy low high long short, small, large early

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ridiculously
Suggests something extreme, which seems unbelievable or unreasonable

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