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The use of "inapposite adverbs" as my English teacher - an English Literature PhD from Oxford and terribly erudite - used to call them was originally used to add the ultimate emphasis to the adjective with which they are associated. "Awfully good" beats out "the goodest", I guess!
Okay, now shred my idol, prove he had feet of clay. See if I care!
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