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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| once | / | Adverb, Adverb |
| while | / | Noun |
| until | x/ | |
| sometime | /x | Adverb |
| again | x/ | Adverb |
| time | / | Noun |
| week | / | Noun |
| before | x/ | Adverb |
| last | / | Adjective |
| lately | /x | Adverb |
| since | / | Adverb |
| eons | /x | Noun |
| months | / | Noun |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| recently | /xx | Adverb |
| occasionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| anyway | /xx | Adverb |
| anyhow | /xx | Adverb |
| though | / | Adverb |
| then | / | Adverb |
| long | / | Adjective |
| twice | / | Adverb |
| yesterday | /xx | Noun |
| later | /x | Adjective |
| here | / | Adverb |
| decade | x/ | Noun |
| briefly | /x | Adverb |
| till | / | Noun, Verb |
| maybe | /x | Adverb |
| year | / | Noun |
| meantime | /x | Noun |
| every | /xx | Noun |
| forever | x/x | Adverb |
| moment | /x | Noun |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| afterward | /xx | Adverb |
| tonight | x/ | Noun |
| even | /x | Adverb |
| periodically | xx/xxx | Adverb |
| when | / | Adverb, Noun |
| next | / | Adjective |
| today | x/ | Noun |
| finally | /xx | Adverb |
| past | / | Noun |
| infrequently | x/xx | Adverb |
| night | / | Noun |
| sporadically | x/xx | Adverb |
| this | / | Adverb, Noun |
| minute | /x | Noun |
| for the time being | /x//x | Phrase, Adverb |
| all the while | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| temporarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| by and by | /// | Phrase, Adverb, Noun |
| whilst | / | Adverb |
| shortly | /x | Adverb |
| momentarily | xx/xx | Adverb |
| now and then | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| now and again | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| transiently | /xxx | Adverb |
| at once | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| once in a while | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| some | / | Adverb |
| presently | /xx | Adverb |
| temporally | /xxx | Adverb |
| anon | xx | Noun |
| throughout | x/ | Adverb |
| soon | / | Adverb |
| every so often | /xx//x | Phrase, Adverb |
| here and there | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| on and off | /// | Phrase, Adverb |
| through | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| someday | /x | Adverb |
| later on | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| concomitantly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| summarily | x/xx | Adverb |
| meanwhile | /x | Adverb |
| for the long haul | /x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| by turns | // | Phrase, Adverb |
| away | x/ | Adverb |
| all along | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| ever | /x | Adverb |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| beforehand | x/x | Noun |
| time and again | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| at a stretch | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb |
| all in good time | /x// | Phrase, Adverb |
| insomuch | x// | Adverb |
| piecewise | /x | Noun |
| frequently | /xx | Adverb |
| somewhere | /x | Adverb |
| intermittently | xx/xx | Adverb |
| thenceforth | x/ | Adverb |
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb |
| about | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| early on | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb |
| distantly | /xx | Adverb |
| provisionally | x/xxx | Adverb |
| subsequently | /xxx | Adverb |
| instantly | /xx | Adverb |
| eternally | x/xx | Adverb |
| contemporaneously | xxx/xxx | Adverb |
| always | /x | Adverb |
| early | /x | Adjective |
| henceforth | // | Adverb |
| chirp | / | Verb |
| shout | / | Noun |
| pause | / | Noun, Verb |
| stew | / | Verb |
| abode | x/ | Verb |
| bear | / | Noun |
| rest | / | Verb, Noun |
| chat | / | Verb |
| muse | / | Verb |
| bide | / | Verb |
| sojourn | /x | Verb |
| linger | /x | Verb |
| repose | x/ | Verb |
| silence | /x | Noun |
| pondered | /x | Verb |
| absent | /x | Verb |
| forbear | x/ | Verb |
| brood | / | Verb |
| loitered | /x | Verb |
| wait | / | Verb |
| meditated | /xxx | Verb |
| staid | / | Verb |
| doze | / | Verb |
| fiddled | /x | Verb |
| afternoons | xx/ | Adverb |
| an | / | Noun |
| arid | /x | Adjective |
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| hands | / | Noun |
| indoors | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| inside | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| kinda | /x | Noun, Adverb |
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| morrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| much | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| oneself | x/ | Adjective |
| overnight | /x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| patiently | /xx | Adverb |
| slightly | /x | Adverb |
| somewhat | // | Adverb, Noun |
| tomorrow | x/x | Noun, Adverb |
| upstairs | x/ | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
