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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| merely | /x | Adverb, Adverb | 
| just | / | Adverb, Adverb | 
| plainly | /x | Adverb, Adverb | 
| but | / | Adverb, Adverb | 
| only | /x | Adverb, Adverb | 
| essentially | x/xx | Adverb | 
| basically | /xx | Adverb | 
| obviously | /xxx | Adverb | 
| certainly | /xx | Adverb | 
| actually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| surely | /x | Adverb | 
| clearly | /x | Adverb | 
| practically | /xx | Adverb | 
| truly | /x | Adverb | 
| deliberately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| still | / | Adverb | 
| also | /x | Adverb | 
| really | /x | Adverb | 
| thus | / | Adverb | 
| often | /x | Adverb | 
| therefore | /x | Adverb | 
| undoubtedly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| literally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| always | /x | Adverb | 
| rather | /x | Adverb | 
| probably | /xx | Adverb | 
| alternatively | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| purposefully | /xxx | Adverb | 
| continually | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| generally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| usually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| necessarily | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| normally | /xx | Adverb | 
| possibly | /xx | Adverb | 
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb | 
| cannot | /x | Adjective | 
| even | /x | Adverb | 
| definitely | /xxx | Adverb | 
| should | / | Verb, Noun | 
| conveniently | x/xx | Adverb | 
| likewise | /x | Adverb | 
| genuinely | /xxx | Adverb | 
| somehow | /x | Adverb | 
| typically | /xx | Adverb | 
| totally | /xx | Adverb | 
| conversely | /xx | Adverb | 
| invariably | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| mistakenly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| straightforwardly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| instead | x/ | Adverb | 
| ultimately | /xxx | Adverb | 
| apparently | x/xx | Adverb | 
| legitimately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| then | / | Adverb | 
| intentionally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| consequently | /xxx | Adverb | 
| hardly | /x | Adverb | 
| either | /x | Adverb | 
| initially | x/xx | Adverb | 
| evidently | /xxx | Adverb | 
| nevertheless | xxx/ | Adverb | 
| seemingly | /xx | Adverb | 
| naturally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| completely | x/x | Adverb | 
| never | /x | Adverb | 
| assuredly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| blatantly | /xx | Adverb | 
| doubtlessly | /xx | Adverb | 
| easily | /xx | Adverb | 
| meant | / | Verb | 
| happily | /xx | Adverb | 
| ordinarily | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| readily | /xx | Adverb | 
| casually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| blithely | /x | Adverb | 
| fundamentally | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| effectively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| instantly | /xx | Adverb | 
| might | / | Noun | 
| perhaps | x/ | Adverb | 
| explicitly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| inadvertently | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| presumably | x/xx | Adverb | 
| could | / | Verb, Noun | 
| honestly | /xx | Adverb | 
| must | / | Verb, Noun | 
| otherwise | /xx | Adverb | 
| foolishly | /xx | Adverb | 
| likely | /x | Adjective | 
| erroneously | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| would | / | Verb, Noun | 
| glibly | /x | Adverb | 
| habitually | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| consistently | x/xx | Adverb | 
| supposedly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| willfully | /xx | Adverb | 
| automatically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| simplistically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| seems | / | Verb | 
| brazenly | /xx | Adverb | 
| similarly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| justifiably | /xxxx | Adverb | 
| subsequently | /xxx | Adverb | 
| immediately | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| additionally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| furthermore | /xx | Adverb | 
| understandably | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| prefer | x/ | Verb | 
| repeatedly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| nothing | /x | Noun | 
| manifestly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| commonly | /xx | Adverb | 
| personally | /xxx | Adverb | 
| rarely | /x | Adverb | 
| largely | /x | Adverb | 
| inevitably | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| seldom | /x | Adverb | 
| already | x/x | Adverb | 
| that | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| unquestionably | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| suppose | x/ | Verb | 
| arbitrarily | /xxxx | Adverb | 
| virtually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| frankly | /x | Adverb | 
| regretfully | x/xx | Adverb | 
| defiantly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| definitively | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| unwittingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| magically | /xxx | Adverb | 
| conceivably | x/xx | Adverb | 
| ought | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| constantly | /xx | Adverb | 
| systematically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| logically | /xx | Adverb | 
| routinely | x/x | Adverb | 
| emphatically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| sadly | /x | Adverb | 
| actively | /xx | Adverb | 
| ignore | x/ | Verb | 
| unequivocally | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| thoughtlessly | /xx | Adverb | 
| selectively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| consider | x/x | Verb | 
| ignorantly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| undeniably | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| need | / | Noun | 
| categorically | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| however | x/x | Adverb | 
| indeed | x/ | Adverb | 
| suggest | x/ | Verb | 
| thereby | // | Adverb | 
| naively | x/x | Adverb | 
| hesitate | /xx | Verb | 
| perpetually | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| gleefully | /xx | Adverb | 
| bother | /x | Verb | 
| stop | / | Noun | 
| summarily | x/xx | Adverb | 
| being | /x | Verb | 
| sometimes | x/ | Adverb | 
| they | / | Adverb | 
| insist | x/ | Verb | 
| truthfully | /xx | Adverb | 
| ironically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| purposely | /xx | Adverb | 
| inexplicably | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| subtly | /xx | Adverb | 
| going | /x | Verb | 
| rightly | /x | Adverb | 
| gladly | /x | Adverb | 
| something | /x | Noun | 
| theoretically | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| like | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| admittedly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| briefly | /x | Adverb | 
| simpliciter | x/xx | Noun | 
| purely | /x | Adverb | 
| singly | /x | Adverb | 
| directly | x/x | Adverb | 
| singularly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| seriously | /xxx | Adverb | 
| precisely | x/x | Adverb | 
| share | / | Adjective | 
| complexly | x/x | Adjective | 
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| cleanly | /x | Adjective | 
| all | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective | 
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| altogether | xx/x | Adverb, Noun | 
| amazing | x/x | Adjective | 
| awkward | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| barely | /x | Adverb | 
| bart | / | Name | 
| basta | /x | Noun | 
| bib | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bluntly | /x | Adverb | 
| curious | /xx | Adjective | 
| decisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| determinate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| downright | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun | 
| entirely | x/xx | Adverb | 
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective | 
| exclusively | x/xx | Adverb | 
| fully | /x | Adverb, Verb | 
| futile | /x | Adjective | 
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| insight | /x | Noun | 
| intrinsically | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| itself | x/ | |
| jen | / | Name | 
| lightly | /x | Adverb | 
| not | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| once | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| outright | // | Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb | 
| pure | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| puzzling | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| quite | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| real | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| scarcely | /x | Adverb | 
| sheer | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| short | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| simplex | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| simplify | /xx | Verb | 
| single | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| sole | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| solely | /xx | Adverb | 
| solo | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| straight | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| strange | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| strictly | /x | Adverb, Noun | 
| supported | x/x | Adjective | 
| uncomplicated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| untrue | x/ | Adjective | 
| utterly | /xx | Adverb | 
| vain | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| vexed | / | Adjective | 
| wholly | /x | Adverb | 
| yet | / | Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| sorta | /x | Adverb | 
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb | 
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| expression | x/x | Noun | 
| shirtless | /x | Adjective | 
