6.45 Adverbs of degree

When you want to give more information about the extent of an action or the degree to which an action is performed, you often use an adverb of degree.

• I enjoyed the course immensely.
• I had almost forgotten about the trip.
• Overall, the operation had gone very well.

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Here is a list of common adverbs of degree:

• absolutely, adequately, almost, altogether, amazingly, awfully, badly, completely, considerably, dearly, deeply, drastically, dreadfully, enormously, entirely, exceedingly, excessively, extensively, extraordinarily, extremely, fairly, fantastically, fully, greatly, half, hard, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, just, largely, moderately, nearly, noticeably, outright, partly, perfectly, poorly, positively, powerfully, practically, pretty, profoundly, purely, quite, radically, rather, really, reasonably, remarkably, significantly, simply, slightly, somewhat, soundly, strongly, sufficiently, supremely, surprisingly, suspiciously, terribly, totally, tremendously, truly, unbelievably, utterly, very, virtually, well, wonderfully