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literal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
exact
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
verbal
/x
Adjective
exact same
x//
Phrase, Adjective
downright
/x
Adjective
right as rain
///
Phrase, Adjective
selfsame
//
Adjective
identical
x/xx
Adjective
direct
x/
Adjective
plain as day
///
Phrase, Adjective
just
/
Adverb
outright
//
Adjective
plain
/
Noun
flat out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
forthright
//
Adjective
straight
/
Adjective
straightforward
//x
Adjective
canonical
x/xx
Adjective
proper
/x
Adjective
clipped
/
Adjective
metaphoric
xx/x
Adjective
parallel
/xx
Noun
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
stated
/x
Verb
periphrastic
x//x
Adjective
same
/
Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Noun
monotonic
/x/x
Adjective
positive
/xx
Adjective
scrupulous
/xx
Adjective
sworn
/
Verb
aloud
x/
Adverb
phrasal
/x
Adjective
transcribed
x/
Verb
emphatic
x/x
Adjective
cold
/
Noun
even
/x
Adverb
alliterative
x/xxx
Adjective
in place
x/
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
succinct
x/
Adjective
firsthand
x/
Noun
very good
/x/
Phrase
tongued
/
Adjective
whole
/
Noun
straightaway
/xx
Noun
symmetric
x/x
Adjective
confiding
x/x
Noun
pronounced
x/
Adjective
ingenuous
x/xx
Adjective
synchronous
/xx
Adjective
thoroughgoing
/xxx
Adjective
perpendicular
xx/xx
Adjective
serious
/xx
Adjective
freely
/x
Adverb
thorough
/x
Adjective
all wet
//
Phrase, Adjective
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
blank
/
Noun
dry as a bone
//x/
Phrase, Adjective
rectilinear
/x/xx
Adjective
running
/x
Verb
every last
/xx/
Phrase, Adjective
very well
/x/
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
in the raw
xx/
Phrase, Adjective
plump
/
Adjective
controlled
x/
Adjective
in situ
x/x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
sincere
x/
Adjective
flat
/
Adjective
in earnest
x/x
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb
very
/x
Adverb
terse
/
Noun
set in one's ways
/x//
Phrase, Adjective
up and down
///
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
expressive
x/x
Adjective
confessional
x/xx
Noun
rote
/
Noun
coincident
x/xx
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
verbatim
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb