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necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
be that as it may
/////
Phrase
if nothing else
//x/
Phrase, Adverb
needless to say
/x//
Phrase, Adverb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb
once in a while
/xx/
Phrase, Adverb
now and again
//x/
Phrase, Adverb
perforce
x/
Adverb
indispensable
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
for the time being
/x//x
Phrase, Adverb
ideally
x/x
Adverb
now and then
///
Phrase, Adverb
always
/x
Adverb
of course
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
one way or another
///x/x
Phrase, Adverb
then
/
Adverb
then and there
///
Phrase, Adverb
more often than not
//x//
Phrase, Adverb
situationally
xx/xxx
Adverb
to be sure
///
Phrase, Adverb
else
/
Adverb
in that case
x//
Phrase, Adverb
obviously
/xxx
Adverb
as soon as possible
////xx
Phrase, Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
imperative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
alias
/xx
Noun
at the very least
/x/x/
Phrase, Adverb
if you will
///
Phrase, Adverb
unnecessarily
x/xxxx
Adverb
all the same
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
instantly
/xx
Adverb
beside
x/
Adverb
urgently
/xx
Adverb
thereafter
x/x
Adverb
occasionally
x/xxx
Adverb
just the same
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
vitally
/xx
Adverb
sufficiently
x/xx
Adverb
kind of
//
Phrase, Noun
as best one can
////
Phrase, Adverb
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
nonetheless
xx/
Adverb
though
/
Adverb
unavoidably
xx/xx
Adverb
right away
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
parenthetically
xx/xxx
Adverb
oftentimes
/xx
Noun
in every sense of the word
x/x//x/
Phrase, Adverb
every so often
/xx//x
Phrase, Adverb
impliedly
x/x
Adverb
on and off
///
Phrase, Adverb
how so
//
Phrase, Adverb
therewith
//
Adverb
every which way
/xx//
Phrase, Adverb
critically
/xxx
Adverb
as it happens
///x
Phrase, Adverb
whenever
x/x
Adverb
however
x/x
Adverb
haply
/x
Adverb
as a rule
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
provisionally
x/xxx
Adverb
some
/
Adverb
howbeit
/x
Adverb
to the nth degree
/xx/
Phrase
as it were
//x
Phrase, Adverb
thereupon
xx/
Adverb
optionally
/xxx
Adverb
someday
/x
Adverb
mutatis mutandis
/xxx/x
Phrase, Adverb
doubtlessly
/xx
Adverb
as a result
/xx/
Phrase
every second
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
in a nutshell
xx/x
Phrase, Adverb
momentarily
xx/xx
Adverb
sure enough
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
eventually
x/xxx
Adverb
forthwith
//
Adverb
perhaps
x/
Adverb
apropos
xx/
Noun
thence
/
Adverb
specially
/xx
Adverb
accordingly
x/xx
Adverb
conceivably
x/xx
Adverb
imminently
/xxx
Adverb
all right
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
effectively
x/xx
Adverb
sooner or later
/x//x
Phrase, Adverb
at all events
//x/
Phrase, Adverb
failing that
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
later on
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
a
x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
absence
/x
Noun
ac
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
accurate
/xx
Adjective
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
adequate
/xx
Adjective, Verb
adversity
x/xx
Noun
advisability
xxx/xx
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
appetite
/xx
Noun
applicable
/xxx
Adjective
application
xx/x
Noun
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
call for
//
Phrase, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
compliance
x/x
Noun
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cost
/
Noun, Verb
counterfactual
/x/xx
Adjective, Noun
craving
/x
Noun
cry
/
Noun, Verb
cry for
//
Phrase, Verb
dearth
/
Noun
declarative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
depend
x/
Verb
deserve
x/
Verb
desideratum
xx/xx
Noun
desirability
xxx/xx
Noun
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
destitute
/xx
Adjective, Verb
destitution
/xxx
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
disjunctive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dissatisfaction
xxx/x
Noun
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
duty
/x
Noun
eager
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
emergency
x/xx
Noun
emptiness
/xx
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
entail
x/
Verb, Noun
essential
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ethics
/x
Noun
exact
x/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exigency
x/xx
Noun
existential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
fact
/
Noun
faut
/
Noun, Verb
fig
/
Name, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
gonna
/x
Verb
gotta
/x
Verb, Noun
hardship
/x
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
help
/
Verb, Noun
hi
/
Noun, Adjective
ic
x
Name, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imply
x/
Verb
importance
x/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
impulse
/x
Noun, Verb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
insecurity
xx/xx
Noun
insistent
x/x
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
interest
/x
Noun, Verb
introverted
/xxx
Adjective
involve
x/
Verb
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
itch
/
Noun, Verb
jeopardy
/xx
Noun, Verb
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
l
x
Noun, Adjective
lack
/
Noun, Verb
learner
/x
Noun
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
location
x/x
Noun
looking
/x
Verb, Noun
love
/
Noun, Verb
mali
/x
Name
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
merit
/x
Noun, Verb
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
morality
x/xx
Noun
morals
/x
Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
motivation
xx/x
Noun
motive
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
must
/
Verb, Noun
necessary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
necessities
x/xx
Noun
needed
/x
Adjective
neediness
/xx
Noun
nutritional
x/xx
Adjective
o
x
Noun, Adjective
obligation
xx/x
Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
obviate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
ought
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
owe
/
Verb
pauperism
/xxx
Noun
pea
/
Noun
penalty
/xx
Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
pi
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
plight
/
Noun, Verb
poverty
/xx
Noun
precise
x/
Adjective, Verb
psychic energy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
relevance
/xx
Noun
relevancy
/xxx
Noun
rely
x/
Verb
request
x/
Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
requirement
x/x
Noun
requisite
/xx
Adjective, Noun
rid of
//
Phrase, Verb
scarce
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
should
/
Verb, Noun
significance
x/xx
Noun
simpler
/xx
Noun
sine
/
Noun
site
/
Noun, Verb
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
strapped
/
Adjective
superfluous
/xx
Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
than
/
Adverb, Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
urge
/
Noun, Verb
urgency
/xx
Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
useful
/x
Adjective
usefulness
/xx
Noun
utility
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
venue
/x
Noun
victim
/x
Noun, Verb
vulnerability
xxx/xx
Noun