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alternatively
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Adverb, Adverb
similarly
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Adverb
relatedly
x/xx
Adverb
something
/x
Noun
very well
/x/
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
anyway
/xx
Adverb
else
/
Adverb
rather
/x
Adverb
either
/x
Adverb
as it were
//x
Phrase, Adverb
though
/
Adverb
how so
//
Phrase, Adverb
obviously
/xxx
Adverb
even
/x
Adverb
no less
//
Phrase, Adverb
importantly
x/xx
Adverb
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
that is to say
////
Phrase, Adverb
more often than not
//x//
Phrase, Adverb
besides
x/
Adverb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
as like as not
////
Phrase, Adverb
all the more
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
potentially
x/xx
Adverb
likewise
/x
Adverb
conversely
/xx
Adverb
synonymously
x/xxx
Adverb
subsequently
/xxx
Adverb
loosely
/x
Adverb
in order
x/x
Phrase, Noun
in every sense of the word
x/x//x/
Phrase, Adverb
speaking of
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
incredibly
x/xx
Adverb
undeniably
xx/xx
Adverb
of all
//
Phrase, Adverb
however
x/x
Adverb
therefore
/x
Adverb
just as well
///
Phrase, Adverb
for instance
//x
Phrase, Adverb
same
/
Adjective
in addition
xx/x
Phrase, Adverb
also
/x
Adverb
relatively
/xxx
Adverb
analogously
x/xxx
Adverb
impliedly
x/x
Adverb
least
/
Adverb, Noun
once more
//
Phrase, Adverb
then
/
Adverb
astonishingly
x/xxx
Adverb
failing that
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
ever
/x
Adverb
still
/
Adverb
oftentimes
/xx
Noun
equivalently
x/xxx
Adverb
if you will
///
Phrase, Adverb
comparably
/xxx
Adverb
this
/
Adverb, Noun
more than likely
///x
Phrase, Adverb
concomitantly
x/xxx
Adverb
alias
/xx
Noun
hypothetically
xx/xx
Adverb
only too
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
ironically
x/xx
Adverb
even so
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
as much as
///
Phrase, Adverb
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
implicitly
x/xx
Adverb
more and more
///
Phrase, Adverb
further
/x
Adjective
comparatively
x/xxx
Adverb
just the same
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
nonetheless
xx/
Adverb
therewith
//
Adverb
additionally
x/xxx
Adverb
suggestively
x/xx
Adverb
later
/x
Adjective
if need be
///
Phrase, Adverb
incidentally
xx/xx
Adverb
parenthetically
xx/xxx
Adverb
usually
/xxx
Adverb
nevertheless
xxx/
Adverb
all the time
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
metaphorically
xx/xx
Adverb
too soon
//
Phrase, Adverb
widely
/x
Adverb
a
x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
absence
/x
Noun
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
ac
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
actually
/xxx
Adverb
addition
x/x
Noun
allow
x/
Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
always
/x
Adverb
and
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
anna
/x
Name
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
atypical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
battalion
x/x
Noun, Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
borne
/
Adjective, Noun
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
certainly
/xx
Adverb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chorus
/x
Noun, Verb
clocked
/
Adjective
combinational
xx/xx
Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
completely
x/x
Adverb
counterfactual
/x/xx
Adjective, Noun
currently
/xx
Adverb
declarative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
denying
x/x
Noun
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
disjunctive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
distress
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Noun, Verb
diviner
x/x
Noun
divisible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
does
/
Noun
don
/
Name, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
except
x/
Verb
excluded
x/x
Verb
existential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
fact
/
Noun
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fake
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
few
/
Noun
fig
/
Name, Verb
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
footsteps
/x
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
forget
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Verb, Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
gonna
/x
Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
heading
/x
Noun
hi
/
Noun, Adjective
how
/
Adverb, Noun
huh
/
Noun
ic
x
Name, Adjective
ill
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
immaterial
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inappropriate
xx/xx
Adjective
incorporeal
x/xx
Adjective
indivisible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
instead
x/
Adverb
insufficiently
xx/xx
Adverb
introverted
/xxx
Adjective
is
/
Verb, Noun
it
/
Noun, Adjective
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
l
x
Noun, Adjective
lack
/
Noun, Verb
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
let
/
Verb, Noun
logic
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
longer
/x
Noun
maximum
/xx
Adjective, Noun
merely
/x
Adverb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
must
/
Verb, Noun
mysterious
x/xx
Adjective
nah
/
Name
napoleon
x/xx
Name
nav
/
Noun, Verb
naw
/
Verb
nay
/
Name, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neither
/x
Adverb
never
/x
Adverb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicht
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
nobody
/xx
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
noo
/
Adverb, Adjective
nope
/
Noun, Verb
nor
/
Noun
nota
/x
Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
noting
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nowhere
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
o
x
Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
omitted
x/x
Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opposed
x/
Adjective
or
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
paces
/x
Noun
pas
/
Noun
perhaps
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Adverb, Noun
pi
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
plight
/
Noun, Verb
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
poorly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
pretty
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
prohibited
x/xx
Adjective
psyche
/x
Noun, Verb
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
rarely
/x
Adverb
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
refrain
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Verb, Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
refused
x/
Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
resuscitate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sans
/
Adjective
sap
/
Noun, Verb
scarcely
/x
Adverb
seldom
/x
Adverb, Adjective
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shortly
/x
Adverb
simpler
/xx
Noun
simply
/x
Adverb
so
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
step
/
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
sure
/
Adjective, Adverb
surely
/x
Adverb