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Multidimensional Adverbs
Icy North Started conversation Jul 25, 2011
Fun with words 
Some adverbs work on more than one level, depending on the context in which you use them. For instance:
"I'm not a qualified electrician", he said darkly.
"I thought your dog was was house trained", she screeched onomatopoeically.
"The brakes - they're stuck fast!"
So, can you provide any further examples?
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Beatrice Posted Jul 25, 2011
"That bridge will never work" she remarked archly.
"But the page is empty!" he said blankly.
"That kitten just scratched my hand" she sobbed, categorically.
(There's a name for these, I pretty sure, she said, literally)
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
Not quite, but...
~Im coming!~ he ejaculated.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
Theyre Tom Swifties, btw.
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Beatrice Posted Jul 25, 2011
Tom Swifty, that's the chap!
"I like modern art" said Tom, abstractedly.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
This pencil needs sharpening, said Tom, bluntly.
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tarantoes Posted Jul 25, 2011
The vets assistant held on to the bitch, doggedly.
"Use the knife", she replied cuttingly.
"You're hopeless in the garden", she said witheringly.
not quite but:
"You smell", she sniffed.
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Beatrice Posted Jul 25, 2011
"I'm working on my pencil drawings" she explained, sketchily.
"I couldn't eat another mouthful of fish!" he announced, soulfully.
"I was the fastest milkman in the West, you know!" he claimed, earnestly.
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tarantoes Posted Jul 25, 2011
Frankenstein played poker, monstrously.
"I am the smallest man alive", Tom asserted aloofly.
He broke the statue's leg, allegedly.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
Im the tallest man alive, said Tom, loftily.
Listen to me play the piano, said Tom, grandly.
I like camping, said Tom, intensely.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
Whats the point of taking an Egyptian river cruise? said Tom, nihilistically.
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MonkeyS- all revved up with no place to go Posted Jul 25, 2011
"But I'm allowed to have my hand in there", he protested, gynaecologically.
"My ancestors came from Australia", he said, aboriginally.
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MonkeyS- all revved up with no place to go Posted Jul 25, 2011
"It was consensual", Tom said, sheepishly.
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MonkeyS- all revved up with no place to go Posted Jul 25, 2011
"I had no knowledge of phone-hacking", said Rupert, untruthfully.
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tarantoes Posted Jul 25, 2011
"Our daughters went to university", they said in unison.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
Nah. That should be:
Were local authority workers, they said in Unison.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
We used to be miners, they said, Numbly.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 25, 2011
Danish king wearing designer gear meddled with gravity (7, 4) he said, cryptically.
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- 1: Icy North (Jul 25, 2011)
- 2: Beatrice (Jul 25, 2011)
- 3: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 25, 2011)
- 4: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 25, 2011)
- 5: Beatrice (Jul 25, 2011)
- 6: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 25, 2011)
- 7: tarantoes (Jul 25, 2011)
- 8: Beatrice (Jul 25, 2011)
- 9: tarantoes (Jul 25, 2011)
- 10: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 25, 2011)
- 11: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 25, 2011)
- 12: MonkeyS- all revved up with no place to go (Jul 25, 2011)
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- 16: Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee (Jul 25, 2011)
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