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| Word | Modifies | Used in a Sentence | Definitions |
| 101. flagrantly | verb | They flagrantly ignored all rules of conduct. | conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible |
| 102. flippantly | verb | He flippantly sassed back to his Mother. | marked by disrespectful levity or casualness |
| 103. foolishly | verb | She foolishly remarked to her boss. | lacking good sense or judgement; unwise |
| 104. forcefully | verb | He forcefully removed her from the house. | characterized by use of force |
| 105. forgetfully | verb | She forgetfully failed to pay rent. | tending or likely to not remember; |
| 106. foully | verb | He foully treated his employees. | offensive to the senses; revolting; rotten or putrid |
| 107. fraudulently | verb | He fraudulently sold fake watches. | engaging in deceit; characterized by or gained by fraud |
| 108. frigidly | verb | She frigidly greeted her guests. | extremely cold; stiff and formal in manner |
| 109. frivolously | verb | She frivolously answered the professor's question. | unworthy of serious attention; trivial; inappropriately silly |
| 110. furtively | verb | He furtively hid his intentions. | Characterized by stealth; surreptitious; shifty |
| 111. gaudily | verb | She gaudily dressed for the banquet. | showy in a tasteless or vulgar way |
| 112. ghastly | verb | He ghastly described the murder. | inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror; extremely unpleasant or bad |
| 113. glibly | verb | He glibly recounted the events of the day. | marked by ease of speech suggesting insincerity |
| 114. glumly | verb | She glumly spoke of her brother's wedding. | moody and melancholy; dejected |
| 115. greedily | verb | He greedily took all the children's candy. | excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing |
| 116. grievously | verb | The knife grievously wounded the boy. | causing grief, pain, or anguish; serious or dire |
| 117. grimly | verb | She grimly described the car accident. | unnerving in aspect; forbidding; ghastly; sinister |
| 118. grossly | verb | They were grossly insensitive to our troubles. | brutishly coarse as in behavior; crude; lacking sensitivity |
| 119. grotesquely | verb | The play grotesquely portrayed the girl's Father. | characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion |
| 120. grudgingly | verb | He grudgingly admitted his mistake. | to be reluctant to give or admit; feeling of resentment or rancor |
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