RBDEG Degree adverbs
Definition
Adverbs of degree (e.g., very, quite, rather).
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
usas
cql[lemma={words} & pos="RB|RBR|RBS"]
Word list (158 items)
aboot
about
absolutely
abundantly
achingly
ad
all
almost
altogether
amply
any
appreciably
approx
approx.
approximately
around
as
awful
awfully
barely
bitterly
bloody
blooming
broadly
but
chock
closely
completely
considerably
damn
damned
dashed
dead
dearly
decidedly
deeply
desperately
devastatingly
doubly
downright
drastically
dreadfully
drop-dead
earnestly
eminently
enormously
entirely
even
exceedingly
exceptionally
excruciatingly
extremely
fabulously
fairly
fantastically
far
fearfully
fiendishly
fiercely
fractionally
frightfully
fully
greatly
grossly
hardly
heartily
heavily
helluva
highly
horrendously
hugely
immensely
increasingly
incredibly
indeed
infinitely
intensely
jolly
kinda
largely
least
less
literally
little
mad
mainly
majorly
marginally
merely
mightily
mighty
mildly
moderately
more
most
mostly
much
nearly
outrageously
outright
outstandingly
overly
overwhelmingly
partially
particularly
partly
perfectly
phenomenally
plain
practically
predominantly
predominately
pretty
primarily
principally
profoundly
quite
real
really
reasonably
relatively
remarkably
remotely
ridiculously
roughly
scarcely
seriously
sightly
simply
singularly
slenderly
slightly
some
somewhat
sound
strongly
sufficiently
terrifically
that
thereabouts
this
thoroughly
totally
tremendously
ultra
unbelievably
under
unreservedly
unutterably
vastly
very
virtually
way
well-nigh
wholly
wildly
woefully
wonderfully
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes
- usas — Rayson, Paul; Archer, Dawn; Piao, Scott; McEnery, Tony (2004) : The UCREL Semantic Analysis System