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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| not in the slightest | /xx/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| not in the least | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| not one bit | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| not at all | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| not a bit of it | /x/// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| no way | // | Phrase, Adverb, Noun | 
| nothing | /x | Noun | 
| far from | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| at all | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| in no small measure | x///x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| not in a million years | /xx/x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| barely | /x | Adverb | 
| kind of | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| whatever | x/x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| not really | //x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| hardly | /x | Adverb | 
| remotely | x/x | Adverb | 
| anyways | /xx | Noun | 
| sort of | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| emphatically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| kinda | /x | Noun | 
| ever | /x | Adverb | 
| scarcely | /x | Adverb | 
| never ever | /x/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| howsoever | /x/x | Adverb | 
| in every sense of the word | x/x//x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| quite a bit | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| every inch | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| anyhow | /xx | Adverb | 
| if nothing else | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| ever so | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| all but | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| all that | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| just about | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| at the very least | /x/x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| like no other | ///x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| slightly | /x | Adverb | 
| just the same | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| all the same | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| whatsoever | xx/x | Adverb | 
| every which way | /xx// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| infinitesimally | xxx/xxx | Adverb | 
| minimally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| every bit | /xx/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| one way or another | ///x/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| easily | /xx | Adverb | 
| insufficiently | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| at all events | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| impossibly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| nominally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| somewhat | // | Adverb | 
| very well | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective | 
| practically | /xx | Adverb | 
| something | /x | Noun | 
| rather | /x | Adverb | 
| indifferent | x/x | Adjective | 
| now and then | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| to be sure | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| mildly | /x | Adverb | 
| modestly | /xx | Adverb | 
| anything | /xx | Noun | 
| kindly | /x | Adverb | 
| positively | /xxx | Adverb | 
| terribly | /xx | Adverb | 
| totally | /xx | Adverb | 
| marginally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| no less | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| sorta | /x | Noun | 
| categorically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| fairly | /x | Adverb | 
| however | x/x | Adverb | 
| just | / | Adverb | 
| all over | //x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| bare | / | Adjective | 
| something like | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| betwixt and between | x//x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| not least | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| seriously | /xxx | Adverb | 
| close to | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| be that as it may | ///// | Phrase | 
| partly | /x | Adverb | 
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb | 
| figuratively | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| unbearably | x/xx | Adverb | 
| indirectly | xx/x | Adverb | 
| pleasantly | /xx | Adverb | 
| unimaginably | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| for the most part | /x// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| oppositely | /xxx | Adjective | 
| pretty much | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| somehow | /x | Adverb | 
| highly | /x | Adverb | 
| all out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| now and again | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| all right | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| altogether | xx/x | Adverb | 
| next to | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| abilities | x/xx | Noun | 
| able | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| absence | /x | Noun | 
| absent | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| actions | /x | Noun | 
| actually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| addition | x/x | Noun | 
| adds | / | Verb | 
| affordability | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| aforesaid | x/x | Adjective | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| agency | /xx | Noun | 
| aids | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| ail | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| alexandria | xx/xx | Name | 
| alive | x/ | Adjective | 
| allocations | xx/x | Noun | 
| allows | x/ | Verb | 
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| alternatives | x/xx | Adjective | 
| always | /x | Adverb | 
| amounts | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| and | x | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| anna | /x | Name | 
| another | x/x | Name | 
| antidotes | /xx | Name | 
| anywhere | /xx | Adverb, Noun | 
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| appoints | x/ | Verb | 
| approaches | x/x | Noun | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| appropriations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| approximately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| are | / | Noun | 
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| arrangements | x/x | Adjective | 
| assets | /x | Noun | 
| assistance | x/x | Noun | 
| assists | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| assumes | x/ | Verb | 
| at | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| athens | /x | Name | 
| atypical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| aught | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| avenues | /xx | Verb | 
| averages | /xx | Noun | 
| avoid | x/ | Verb | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| aye | / | Name, Adverb | 
| backgrounds | /x | Noun | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| basis | /x | Noun | 
| batch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| battalion | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| bay | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| bias | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| borne | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| both | / | Noun | 
| brand | / | Noun, Verb | 
| brigade | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| brings | / | Verb | 
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| calls | / | Verb, Noun | 
| capabilities | xx/xx | Noun | 
| capacities | x/xx | Noun | 
| carries | /x | Verb | 
| cases | /x | Noun | 
| causes | /x | Noun | 
| certain | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| certainly | /xx | Adverb | 
| chances | /x | Adverb | 
| channels | /x | Noun | 
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| circles | /x | Verb | 
| clocked | / | Adjective | 
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| combinational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| comes | / | Noun | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| conditions | x/x | Noun | 
| conduit | /xx | Noun | 
| connotes | x/ | Verb | 
| consists | x/ | Verb | 
| constantinople | xxx/x | Name | 
| constitutes | /xx | Verb | 
| conveniences | x/xx | Noun | 
| corresponds | xx/ | Verb | 
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| covers | /x | Noun | 
| creates | x/ | Verb | 
| currently | /xx | Adverb | 
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| define | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| demands | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| demonstrates | /xx | Verb | 
| denotes | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| denying | x/x | Noun | 
| des | / | Noun | 
| describes | x/ | Verb | 
| designates | /xx | Verb | 
| deterrents | x/x | Noun | 
| devices | x/x | Noun | 
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| dint | / | Noun, Verb | 
| direction | x/x | Noun | 
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| divination | xx/x | Noun | 
| diviner | x/x | Noun | 
| divisible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| does | / | Noun | 
| don | / | Name, Verb | 
| each | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| east | / | Name, Adjective, Adverb | 
| effort | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| either | /x | Adverb | 
| element | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| else | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun | 
| empowered | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| enablers | x/x | Noun | 
| enables | x/x | Verb | 
| encompasses | x/xx | Verb | 
| ends | / | Noun | 
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| ensures | x/ | Verb | 
| entails | x/ | Verb | 
| entire | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| entirely | x/xx | Adverb | 
| environments | x/xx | Adverb | 
| equals | /x | Noun | 
| equates | x/ | Verb | 
| equipment | x/x | Noun | 
| equipped | x/ | Adjective | 
| escape | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| even | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| every | /xx | Noun | 
| everybody | /xxx | Noun | 
| everyone | /xx | Noun | 
| everything | /xx | Noun | 
| except | x/ | Verb | 
| excluded | x/x | Verb | 
| exists | x/ | Verb | 
| expedient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| extent | x/ | Noun, Adjective | 
| extremes | x/ | Noun | 
| exudes | x/ | Verb | 
| facilities | x/xx | Noun | 
| fact | / | Noun | 
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fails | / | Verb | 
| failure | /x | Noun | 
| fake | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| false | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun | 
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fashion | /x | Noun, Verb | 
