Adverbs and adjective collocations

absent conspicuously absent, largely absent                                                                              
acceptable mutually acceptable, socially acceptable
accepted commonly accepted, generally accepted, universally accepted, widely accepted
accessible easily accessible, readily accessible
active economically active, physically active, politically active, sexually active
acute particularly acute
advanced technologically advanced
aggressive sexually aggressive
apparent immediately apparent, increasingly apparent, readily apparent
applicable generally applicable
appropriate culturally appropriate, developmentally appropriate, entirely appropriate, particularly appropriate, socially appropriate
armed heavily armed
attractive particularly attractive
available commercially available, currently available, easily available, freely available, generally available, publicly available, readily available, widely available
aware acutely aware, fully aware, increasingly aware, keenly aware, painfully aware
                                                     

                                                                        B

bad really bad
beneficial  mutually beneficial
benign environmentally benign
better significantly better
binding legally binding
blind congenitally blind, legally blind, totally blind
brief relatively brief

                                                       c



feasible     economically feasible, politically feasible
female     predominantly female
free     completely free, relatively free
friendly     environmentally friendly
functional     fully functional
funded     federally funded, publicly funded


gifted     academically gifted, highly gifted, intellectually gifted
global     truly global
good     fairly good, morally good, particularly good, really good, reasonably good, relatively good
greater     considerably greater, relatively greater, significantly greater, slightly greater, substantially greater
growing     rapidly growing


harmful     potentially harmful
hazardous     potentially hazardous
helpful     especially helpful, extremely helpful, particularly helpful
heterosexual     exclusively heterosexual
high     consistently high, disproportionately high, especially high, exceptionally high, extremely high, fairly high, generally high, moderately high, particularly high, relatively high, sufficiently high, unusually high
higher     considerably higher, consistently higher, generally higher, relatively higher, significantly higher, slightly higher, substantially higher
hired     newly hired
homogeneous     relatively homogeneous
human     distinctively human, fully human


identical     nearly identical, virtually identical
identifiable     easily identifiable, readily identifiable
impaired     visually impaired
important     critically important, crucially important, equally important, especially important, extremely important, highly important, increasingly important, particularly important, potentially important, really important, vitally important
impossible     nearly impossible, virtually impossible
incorrect     politically incorrect
increased     greatly increased, significantly increased
increasing     rapidly increasing
independent     completely independent, newly independent, relatively independent
industrialized     newly industrialized
inexpensive     relatively inexpensive
influential     highly influential
interested     especially interested, particularly interested, primarily interested
interesting     especially interesting, particularly interesting
invasive     minimally invasive
involved     actively involved, currently involved, deeply involved, directly involved, heavily involved, intimately involved
irrelevant     largely irrelevant


large     disproportionately large, extremely large, fairly large, increasingly large, relatively large, sufficiently large, unusually large
larger     considerably larger, significantly larger, slightly larger
likely     equally likely, especially likely, highly likely, particularly likely
limited     relatively limited
little     relatively little, surprisingly little
long     relatively long
low     comparatively low, extremely low, fairly low, generally low, relatively low
lower     considerably lower, relatively lower, significantly lower, slightly lower, substantially lower


male     predominantly male
minor     relatively minor
mobile     highly mobile, upwardly mobile
modest     relatively modest
modified     genetically modified
motivated     politically motivated


narrow     relatively narrow
necessary     absolutely necessary
negative     potentially negative
new     completely new, entirely new, radically new, relatively new, totally new
nonexistent     virtually nonexistent
noteworthy     particularly noteworthy


older     slightly older
optimistic     overly optimistic
personal     highly personal
pleasing     aesthetically pleasing
political     overtly political
poor     extremely poor, relatively poor
popular     extremely popular, increasingly popular
positive     generally positive, overwhelmingly positive
possible     entirely possible
powerful     particularly powerful, politically powerful
preceding     immediately preceding
prescribed     socially prescribed
present     physically present
problematic     especially problematic, highly problematic, particularly problematic
productive     highly productive
proportional     directly proportional, inversely proportional
publicized     highly publicized, widely publicized
qualified     highly qualified

rare     extremely rare, relatively rare
recent     fairly recent, relatively recent
related     closely related
relevant     clinically relevant, culturally relevant, directly relevant, especially relevant, highly relevant, particularly relevant
reliable     highly reliable
representative     nationally representative
respected     highly respected
responsible     directly responsible, environmentally responsible, largely responsible, partially responsible, partly responsible, personally responsible, primarily responsible, socially responsible, solely responsible, ultimately responsible
responsive     culturally responsive
retarded     mentally retarded
rooted     deeply rooted
salient     particularly salient
scheduled     regularly scheduled
selected     carefully selected, randomly selected
selective     highly selective
sensitive     culturally sensitive, environmentally sensitive, especially sensitive, extremely sensitive, highly sensitive, particularly sensitive, politically sensitive
serious     potentially serious
shared     widely shared
short     relatively short
significant     clinically significant, culturally significant, equally significant, especially significant, highly significant, historically significant, marginally significant, particularly significant, potentially significant, statistically significant
similar     highly similar, remarkably similar, strikingly similar
simple     deceptively simple, relatively simple
skilled     highly skilled
slow     relatively slow
small     comparatively small, extremely small, fairly small, relatively small
smaller     considerably smaller, significantly smaller, slightly smaller
sophisticated     highly sophisticated, increasingly sophisticated
sound     environmentally sound
specialized     highly specialized
specific     culturally specific, highly specific, historically specific
stable     fairly stable, relatively stable
straightforward     relatively straightforward
strong     equally strong, especially strong, particularly strong, relatively strong
stronger     significantly stronger
structured     highly structured
successful     academically successful, highly successful, partially successful, particularly successful
supportive     mutually supportive
surprising     hardly surprising
susceptible     highly susceptible, particularly susceptible
sustainable     environmentally sustainable
talented     academically talented
technical     highly technical
transmitted     sexually transmitted
true     certainly true, equally true, especially true, particularly true, probably true

unchanged     essentially unchanged
unexplored     largely unexplored
unimportant     relatively unimportant
universal     nearly universal
unknown     largely unknown, previously unknown
unlikely     highly unlikely
unrelated     seemingly unrelated
unusual     highly unusual
used     commonly used, frequently used, widely used
useful     especially useful, extremely useful, particularly useful, potentially useful

valid     equally valid
valuable     extremely valuable, particularly valuable
variable     highly variable
varying     widely varying
viable     commercially viable, economically viable
visible     clearly visible, highly visible
vulnerable     especially vulnerable, highly vulnerable, particularly vulnerable

weak     relatively weak
white     predominantly white, predominately white
wrong     morally wrong


young     relatively young

changing constantly changing, rapidly changing
cheap relatively cheap
clear abundantly clear, entirely clear, perfectly clear
common fairly common, increasingly common, relatively common
competent culturally competent
competitive highly competitive, increasingly competitive
complete nearly complete
complex extremely complex, highly complex, increasingly complex
concerned deeply concerned, especially concerned, increasingly concerned, particularly concerned, primarily concerned
conscious environmentally conscious
consistent entirely consistent, fairly consistent, generally consistent, internally consistent, remarkably consistent
constant fairly constant, relatively constant
contradictory seemingly contradictory
controversial highly controversial
correct politically correct
creative highly creative
critical especially critical, highly critical, particularly critical



dangerous abnormally dangerous, particularly dangerous, potentially dangerous
deceased recently deceased
dependent heavily dependent, highly dependent, increasingly dependent, largely dependent
desirable highly desirable, socially desirable
developed fully developed, highly developed, newly developed
developing typically developing
different completely different, culturally different, distinctly different, dramatically different, entirely different, fundamentally different, markedly different, qualitatively different, radically different, significantly different, slightly different, statistically different, strikingly different, substantially different, totally different, vastly different
difficult especially difficult, exceedingly difficult, extremely difficult, increasingly difficult, notoriously difficult, particularly difficult
disabled developmentally disabled, physically disabled
disadvantaged economically disadvantaged
displaced internally displaced
disturbed emotionally disturbed
diverse culturally diverse, ethnically diverse, highly diverse, increasingly diverse, linguistically diverse, racially diverse




easy fairly easy, relatively easy
economic purely economic
educated highly educated
effective equally effective, especially effective, highly effective, particularly effective
efficient economically efficient, highly efficient
emerging newly emerging
endless seemingly endless
engineered genetically engineered
equal approximately equal, nearly equal, roughly equal
equivalent roughly equivalent
essential absolutely essential
evident clearly evident, especially evident, increasingly evident, particularly evident
exclusive mutually exclusive
expanding rapidly expanding
expensive prohibitively expensive
explicit sexually explicit                                 


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