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Adverbs (11)

adv. to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

adv. on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

jolly, pretty, rather, quite

adv. intensifier, as in "pretty big"

preferably, sooner, rather

adv. more readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"

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Fuzzynyms (16)

unusually, remarkably, outstandingly, unco

adv. to a remarkable degree or extent; "she was unusually tall"

uncommonly

adv. exceptionally; "a common remedy is uncommonly difficult to find"

extra

adv. unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"

extremely, exceedingly, super, passing

adv. to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"

slightly, somewhat, more or less

adv. to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

a bit, a little, a trifle

adv. to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller"

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