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▸ adverb: With verbs, especially past participles.
▸ adverb: With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
▸ adverb: With predicative adjectives.
▸ adverb: With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
▸ adverb: Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
▸ adverb: With adverbs of manner.
▸ adverb: In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
▸ adverb: Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
▸ adverb: With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
▸ adverb: Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
▸ adverb: Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
▸ adverb: Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
▸ adverb: (now rare) With prepositional or adverbial phrases.
▸ adverb: To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
▸ noun: (bullfighting) A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
Similar:
rather,
quite a,
quite an,
very,
pretty,
fairly,
somewhat,
extremely,
remarkably,
surprisingly,
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