4
choose(verb, favor, desire, select, wish)
4
exactly
4
little(noun, adverb, pretty, far, quite)
4
pretty well(expression, idiom, imperfection, unimportance)
4
so-so(adverb, imperfection, pretty, quite, fairly)
4
truly
3
Sooner
3
adequately(adjective, adverb, right, pretty, very)
3
degree
3
desire(verb, favor, select, choice, wish)
3
exceedingly(adverb, quantity, enough, measurement, summing up)
3
faute de mieux(expression, idiom, adverb)
3
good
3
greatly(adverb, quantity, enough, measurement, summing up)
3
hugely(adverb, quantity, enough, measurement, summing up)
3
in lieu
3
in lieu of(expression, idiom, adverb, sooner, instead)
3
in place of
3
in some measure(expression, idiom, adverb, smallness)
3
instead of(verb, expression, adverb, phrasal verb, conjunction)
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