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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| in general | x/xx | Phrase, Adverb |
| generally | /xxx | Adverb |
| commonly | /xx | Adverb |
| for the most part | /x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| ordinarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| more often than not | //x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| typically | /xx | Adverb |
| basically | /xx | Adverb |
| roundly | /x | Adverb |
| by and large | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| normally | /xx | Adverb |
| mostly | /x | Adverb |
| widely | /x | Adverb |
| most of the time | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| usually | /xxx | Adverb |
| overall | /xx | Adjective |
| oftentimes | /xx | Noun |
| customarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| mainly | /x | Adverb |
| regularly | /xxx | Adverb |
| predominantly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| generally speaking | /xxx/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| largely | /x | Adverb |
| stereotypically | xxx/xxx | Adverb |
| popularly | /xxx | Adverb |
| nine times out of ten | ///// | Phrase, Adverb |
| conventionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| generically | x/xx | Adverb |
| inevitably | x/xxx | Adverb |
| in a nutshell | xx/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| as per usual | ///xx | Phrase, Adverb |
| all things considered | //x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| characteristically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| as like as not | //// | Phrase, Adverb |
| nominally | /xxx | Adverb |
| universally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| traditionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| most | / | Adjective |
| broadly | /x | Adverb |
| often | /x | Adverb |
| if nothing else | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| habitually | x/xxx | Adverb |
| colloquially | x/xxx | Adverb |
| all the same | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| predominate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| of course | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| once in a while | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| this way | // | Phrase, Noun, Adverb |
| fully | /x | Adverb |
| routinely | x/x | Adverb |
| at the very least | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| all over | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| all the time | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| variably | /xxx | Adverb |
| figuratively | x/xxx | Adverb |
| ideally | x/x | Adverb |
| overwhelmingly | xx/xx | Adverb |
| the world over | x//x | Phrase, Adverb |
| in effect | xx/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| symbolically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb |
| all the while | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| time and again | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| equivalently | x/xxx | Adverb |
| sort of | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| now and again | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| just as well | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| statistically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| for instance | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| normatively | /xxx | Adverb |
| as best one can | //// | Phrase, Adverb |
| far and away | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| needless to say | /x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| just the same | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| for starters | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| formally | /xx | Adverb |
| pretty much | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| impliedly | x/x | Adverb |
| altogether | xx/x | Adverb |
| namely | /x | Adverb |
| synonymously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| as it were | //x | Phrase, Adverb |
| in every sense of the word | x/x//x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| as a result | /xx/ | Phrase |
| notoriously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| admittedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| first and foremost | ///x | Phrase, Adverb |
| quintessentially | xx/xx | Adverb |
| every which way | /xx// | Phrase, Adverb |
| as one man | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| as it is | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| personally | /xxx | Adverb |
| seemingly | /xx | Adverb |
| more than likely | ///x | Phrase, Adverb |
| plainly | /x | Adverb |
| in addition | xx/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| as far as one knows | ///// | Phrase, Adverb |
| uniformly | /xxx | Adverb |
| be that as it may | ///// | Phrase |
| officially | x/xx | Adverb |
| thus | / | Adverb |
| however | x/x | Adverb |
| ac | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| addresses | //x | Noun, Verb |
| adjudicate | x/xx | Verb |
| adjudication | xxx/x | Noun |
| adjusts | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| administration | xxx/x | Noun |
| algorithm | /xxx | Noun |
| amoral | x/x | Adjective |
| apolitical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| arsenic | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| art | / | Noun |
| article | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| asses | /x | Noun |
| authority | x/xx | Noun |
| autonomous | x/xx | Adjective |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| book | / | Noun, Verb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| bylaw | /x | Noun |
| called | / | Adjective |
| canon | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| censor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| certainty | /xx | Noun |
| charter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| clause | / | Noun, Verb |
| code | / | Noun, Verb |
| coin | / | Noun, Verb |
| compliance | x/x | Noun |
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| conquer | /x | Verb |
| consequent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| consequentialism | xx/xxx | Noun |
| constraint | x/ | Noun |
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| convention | x/x | Noun |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| creed | / | Noun, Verb |
| criterion | x/xx | Noun |
| crown | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| customs | /x | Noun |
| cy pres doctrine | ///x | Phrase, Noun |
| deals | / | Noun |
| decentralized | x/xx | Adjective |
| decide | x/ | Verb |
| decision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| decree | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deference | /xx | Noun |
| details | x/ | Noun |
| determination | xxx/x | Noun |
| determine | x/x | Verb |
| dictate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| disposal | x/x | Noun |
| dispose | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| disposition | xx/x | Noun, Verb |
| doctrine | /x | Noun |
| domain | x/ | Noun |
| dominance | /xx | Noun |
| dominate | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| domination | xx/x | Noun |
| dominion | x/x | Noun |
| electricity | xx/xx | Noun |
| emissary | /xxx | Noun |
| empire | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| equally | /xx | Adverb |
| etiquette | /xx | Noun |
| every bit | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| exception | x/x | Noun |
| exclude | x/ | Verb |
| existent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| faceless | /x | Adjective |
| fallible | /xx | Adjective |
| fault | / | Noun, Verb |
| feasible | /xx | Adjective |
| fictive | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| find | / | Verb, Noun |
| fix | / | Verb, Noun |
| follow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| formula | /xx | Noun |
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| golden | /x | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| golden rule | /x/ | Name, Name |
| gordon | /x | Name |
| govern | /x | Verb, Noun |
| governance | /xx | Noun |
| government | /xx | Noun |
| guideline | /x | Noun |
| harness | /x | Noun, Verb |
| hegemony | x/xx | Noun |
| heuristic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| idealized | x/xx | Adjective |
| identifiable | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| interact | xx/ | Verb, Noun |
| ir | // | Name, Adjective |
| item | /x | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| judge | / | Noun, Verb |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| king | / | Noun, Verb |
| kingship | /x | Noun |
| knowable | /xx | Adjective |
| law | / | Noun, Verb |
| leader | /x | Noun |
| legal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| legality | x/xx | Noun |
| legislation | xx/x | Noun |
| limitation | xx/x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun, Verb |
| link | / | Noun, Verb |
| majoritarian | xxx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| masters | /x | Noun |
| material | x/xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| maxim | /x | Noun |
| measure | /x | Noun, Verb |
| member | /x | Noun, Verb |
| misrule | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| mission | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mores | /x | Noun |
| nameless | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| new | / | Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb |
| norm | / | Noun, Verb |
| norma | /x | Name |
| obey | x/ | Verb |
| objectified | x/xx | Adjective |
| observance | x/x | Noun |
| obsessed | x/ | Adjective |
| order | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ordinance | /xx | Noun |
| outweigh | /x | Verb |
| override | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| overrule | /xx | Verb |
| overthrow | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| overturn | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| paper | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| para | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| paragraph | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| pattern | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| pays | / | Adjective |
| perfected | x/x | Adjective |
| pi | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| piece | / | Noun, Verb |
| pillar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| plan | / | Noun, Verb |
| policy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| power | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| practice | /x | Noun, Verb |
| precedence | /xx | Noun |
| precept | /x | Noun, Verb |
| predominance | x/xx | Noun |
| preeminence | x/xx | Noun |
| prevail | x/ | Verb |
| prevalence | /xx | Noun |
| primacy | /xx | Noun |
| principle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| procedure | x/x | Noun |
| prominence | /xx | Noun |
| pronounce | x/ | Verb |
| protocol | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| provision | x/x | Noun, Verb |
