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abnormally absentmindedly actually anxiously arrogantly badly bashfully beautifully bravely brightly briskly broadly calmly certainly clearly cleverly closely coaxingly commonly continually cooly correctly crossly curiously dearly deceivingly delightfully diligently dreamily enormously especially evenly exactly excitedly extremely fairly famously ferociously fervently foolishly frankly frantically freely frenetically frightfully fully furiously gleefully gratefully greatly greedily happily helpfully helplessly highly hopelessly immediately innocently instantly intently intensely interestingly inwardly kindly knowingly lightly likely longingly loudly madly majestically meaningfully mechanically miserably mockingly mostly naturally nearly neatly openly partially patiently physically playfully positively potentially powerfully properly quickly quietly quintessentially readily reassuringly reluctantly rightfully rigidly safely scarcely searchingly sedately seemingly separately sharply sheepishly softly solidly strictly successfully surprisingly suspiciously sympathetically tenderly terribly thankfully thoroughly thoughtfully tightly tremendously triumphantly truly unfortunately utterly vastly viciously violently warmly wholly wildly willfully wisely wonderfully generally generously gently reproachfully restfully righteously

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Some impostors - "ly" adjectives

chilly friendly ghastly ghostly holy kingly knightly lonely lovely orderly queenly straggly surly ugly worldly wrinkly

"ing" words
according admiring annoying batting breaking bringing buying catching celebrating choking continuing coughing counting covering creating creeping crying declaring declining dedicating defending delegating deleting defrosting defying deodorizing descending describing deserting designing desiring 'destroying dividing dodging doing dreaming dumping eating Eluding edging embracing encouraging escaping estimating enveloping envying facing feeling figuring finding flipping flying . frosting folding gagging gelling gliding greeting guessing hanging hiking hitting hovering investigating jogging kneeling laughing leaping lying moping obsessing partying plotting poking pointing puking reading refusing riding running scattering scratching screeching screaming separating shattering shooting shouting shrieking singing skiing slumping -smelling smoking smoothing snickering sniffing snorting snowboarding spewing spraying spiking springing sprinting stalking stooping striving stuffing surrounding surveying sweeping swimming swinging taking talking . thinking throwing trotting trusting tying tumbling typing vaporizing voting waddling walking wanting

Alternatives to said
accused acknowledged added addressed advised advocated affirmed agreed alleged allowed announced answered antagonized apologized appealed applauded argued articulated asserted assured avowed babbled badgered bantered barked bawled bayed beckoned began begged. bellowed bemoaned beseeched blubbered bluffed blundered blurted out blustered boomed bragged broadcasted brooded bubbled burped butt in buzzed cajoled called cautioned challenged chanted charged chatted chattered cheered chided chimed in chirped choked chuckled claimed clamored clarified coaxed commanded complained complied complimented concluded clucked consented continued contributed cooed corrected cracked cried out criticized croaked crowed decided declared defined demanded demonstrated denied described dictated directed disagreed discerned disclosed disputed divulged drawled droned echoed emitted emphasized ended enunciated estimated exclaimed explained exploded expounded expressed fabricated fibbed fitted in finished fired flattered fretted fumed fussed gabbed gasped gibed giggled gloated goaded gossiped grieved groaned growled grumbled grunted guessed gulped gurgled hacked hammered harped on hedged heralded hinted hissed howled hypothesized implied implored indicated inferred informed inquired inserted insinuated insisted . instructed interjected interpreted interrogated interrupted intoned intonated invited iterated jeered jested joined in joked joshed. kidded lamented lashed out laughed lied lisped maintained mentioned meowed mewed mimicked mispronounce misquoted moaned mocked mourned mumbled mused muttered nagged named narrated nixed noted objected observed ordered outlined panted paraphrased persisted . persuaded petitioned piped pleaded pointed out pouted praised prayed preached presented presumed pretended proclaimed prodded promised prompted pronounced proposed propositioned protested puffed purred quacked quarrelled queried questioned quibbled quipped quizzed quoted raged rasped reasoned recalled recapitulated recited recommended recounted reflected rehashed rehearsed reiterated rejoiced related remarked remembered reminded reminisced renounced repeated replied reported requested responded restated resumed retorted retracted revealed reviewed ridiculed roared rumored sang scoffed scolded scorned screamed screeched shouted shrieked shuddered sighed smarted off off snapped snarled sneered snipped snored snorted spat specified speculated sputtered squawked squeaked stammered stated stressed

Prepositions
Words which introduce phrases that always contain a noun or pronoun (he, she, they, etc) About Above According to Across After Against Along Amid Among Around Aside from At Clausal Starters: When where Because of Before Behind Below Beneath Beside Between Beyond By Concerning Despite Down while as since During Except For From In Inside Instead Into Like Minus Near Of if although Off On Onto Opposite Out Outside Over Past Regarding Since Through throughout To Toward Under Underneath Unlike Until Up Upon With Within Without

Banned List: replace these easy words with more interesting ones. Say/said Intone Exclaim Asset Screech Like Enjoy Savour Crave Taste Bask Treasure Go Rush Journey Tour Trek Depart Flee Get Obtain Acquire Capture Solicit Seize Nice Agreeable Decorous Refined Gentle enjoyable Pretty Beautiful Magnificent Alluring gorgeous See Observe Inspect Notice view Eat Devour Ingest Consume Nibble gnaw big Immense Enormous Gargantuan huge