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    The document discusses different types of adverbs that can soften or strengthen the intensity of adjectives. It provides examples of adverbs like "slightly", "faintly", and "mildly" that soften adjectives and adverbs like "very", "highly", "strongly", and "absolutely" that strengthen adjectives. It also notes that "absolutely" typically collocates with adjectives that have strong meanings while "very" is used with adjectives that have weaker meanings.

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    The document discusses different types of adverbs that can soften or strengthen the intensity of adjectives. It provides examples of adverbs like "slightly", "faintly", and "mildly" that soften adjectives and adverbs like "very", "highly", "strongly", and "absolutely" that strengthen adjectives. It also notes that "absolutely" typically collocates with adjectives that have strong meanings while "very" is used with adjectives that have weaker meanings.

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    Spotlessly Clean Downright Rude Thoroughly Ashamed Blatantly Obvious Stinking Rich Wildly Exaggerated Dead Easy Wildly Inaccurate

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    The document discusses different types of adverbs that can soften or strengthen the intensity of adjectives. It provides examples of adverbs like "slightly", "faintly", and "mildly" that soften adjectives and adverbs like "very", "highly", "strongly", and "absolutely" that strengthen adjectives. It also notes that "absolutely" typically collocates with adjectives that have strong meanings while "very" is used with adjectives that have weaker meanings.

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    Spotlessly clean Downright rude Thoroughly ashamed Blatantly obvious Stinking rich Wildly exaggerated Dead easy Wildly

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    SOFTENING ADVERBS

    Slightly different Mildly surprised Loosely Based on Centered Structured Related Concentrated

    Faintly

    Ridiculous Amused Surprised Patronizing Absurd

    VERY Highly unlikely, educated, recommended Strongly influence Greatly appreciate, influence Utterly absurd, ridiculous Completely/tottaly/entirely different, dependent, separate Thoroughly enjoy

    ABSOLUTELY only collocates with adj. which have strong meanings, VERY with adj. that have weak meaning Ex: absolutely delighted very happy

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