For those of you looking to improve your writing and reading, take note of some of these alternative ways to describe the quality of something.
Time/Rate of occurrence |
Never, rarely, seldomly, once in a blue moon, occasionally, sometimes, often, next to always, always, without fail |
Conditional |
Only, except, if, on the condition that, provided that |
Order |
Before, after, first, second, third, final, last |
People |
Women, men, male, female, professional |
Negative |
Non-, un-, not, no |
Quantity |
Surpassing, over, under, few, too much, too little, not enough |
Supporting/Refuting |
Anti-, but, yet, however, on the other hand, with this, in favour of |
Possibility |
May, might, could, potentially, possibly, probably, must, certainly |
Importance |
Necessary to, need to, ought to, have to |
Comparison |
More … than, bigger, smaller |
Additional info |
Further, in addition, also, as well |