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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| anxiously | /xx | Adverb, Adverb |
| nervously | /xx | Adverb |
| apprehensively | xx/xx | Adverb |
| pensively | /xx | Adverb |
| uneasily | x/xx | Adverb |
| grimly | /x | Adverb |
| expectantly | x/xx | Adverb |
| impatiently | x/xx | Adverb |
| impassively | x/xx | Adverb |
| intently | x/x | Adverb |
| warily | /xx | Adverb |
| fearfully | /xx | Adverb |
| morosely | x/x | Adverb |
| placidly | /xx | Adverb |
| distractedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| helplessly | /xx | Adverb |
| vacantly | /xx | Adverb |
| moodily | /xx | Adverb |
| threateningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| breathlessly | /xx | Adverb |
| menacingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| restlessly | /xx | Adverb |
| uncomfortably | x/xx | Adverb |
| intensely | x/x | Adverb |
| coolly | /x | Adverb |
| stoically | /xx | Adverb |
| mutely | /x | Adverb |
| sullenly | /xx | Adverb |
| calmly | /x | Adverb |
| quietly | /xx | Adverb |
| bleakly | /x | Adverb |
| amiably | /xxx | Adverb |
| worriedly | /xx | Adverb |
| enigmatically | xx/xx | Adverb |
| coldly | /x | Adverb |
| ominously | /xxx | Adverb |
| meditatively | /xxxx | Adverb |
| curiously | /xxx | Adverb |
| patiently | /xx | Adverb |
| glumly | /x | Adverb |
| somberly | /xx | Adverb |
| guardedly | /xx | Adverb |
| irritably | xxxx | Adverb |
| languidly | /xx | Adverb |
| silently | /xx | Adverb |
| tenderly | /xx | Adverb |
| searchingly | /xx | Adverb |
| indifferently | x/xx | Adverb |
| despairingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| stiffly | /x | Adverb |
| archly | /x | Adverb |
| contentedly | x/xx | Adverb |
| dumbly | /x | Adverb |
| feverishly | /xxx | Adverb |
| mournfully | /xx | Adverb |
| serenely | x/xx | Adverb |
| interminably | /xxxx | Adverb |
| awkwardly | /xx | Adverb |
| resentfully | x/xx | Adverb |
| furiously | /xxx | Adverb |
| tiredly | /xx | Adverb |
| sweetly | /x | Adverb |
| hesitantly | /xxx | Adverb |
| numbly | /x | Adverb |
| dreamily | /xx | Adverb |
| determinedly | x/xxx | Adverb |
| smilingly | /xx | Adverb |
| icily | /xx | Adverb |
| complacently | x/xx | Adverb |
| tersely | /x | Adverb |
| insistently | x/xx | Adverb |
| inquisitively | x/xxx | Adverb |
| attentively | x/xx | Adverb |
| hotly | /x | Adverb |
| dully | /x | Adverb |
| testily | /xx | Adverb |
| earnestly | /xx | Adverb |
| pleadingly | /xx | Adverb |
| resignedly | x/x | Adverb |
| primly | /x | Adverb |
| fiercely | /x | Adverb |
| furtively | /xx | Adverb |
| agonizingly | /xxxx | Adverb |
| keenly | /x | Adverb |
| absently | /xx | Adverb |
| listlessly | /xx | Adverb |
| unhappily | x/xx | Adverb |
| gloomily | /xx | Adverb |
| forlornly | x/x | Adverb |
| heatedly | /xx | Adverb |
| prettily | /xx | Adverb |
| huskily | /xx | Adverb |
| wonderingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| frantically | /xxx | Adverb |
| quizzically | /xx | Adverb |
| eagerly | /xx | Adverb |
| tightly | /x | Adverb |
| spirits | /x | Noun |
| waited | /x | Verb |
| distended | x/x | Verb |
| gripping | /x | Verb |
| awaited | x/x | Verb |
| hunched | / | Verb |
| poised | / | Verb |
| watched | / | Verb |
| whispered | /x | Verb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
