9.3 Very
Use this domain for words that intensify an attribute.
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(1) What words intensify an attribute?
Example words: very, really, highly, deeply, real, so, mighty, one, quite, ever so, bloody, decidedly, too, proper, true, extremely, such
<very> green; <too> dark; <really> fast; <real> good; <pretty> heavy
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(2) What words intensify an attribute to an extreme degree?
Example words: extremely, terribly, dreadfully, incredibly, unbelievably, ridiculously, absurdly, remarkably, exceptionally, extraordinarily, terrifically, enormously, hugely, exceedingly
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(3) What words indicate that an attribute is not intense?
Example words: not very, hardly, barely, a little, fairly