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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
