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-The father-to-be ANXIOUSLY awaited the news of the birth of his first baby. Which answer correctly describes the capitalized word


(A)The word “anxiously” is an adjective describing what kind.

(B)The word “anxiously” is an adjective describing how much.

(C)The word “anxiously” is an adverb describing to what extent.

(D)The word “anxiously” is an adverb describing in what way.

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D, Anxiously is describing how he is nervous.
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Answer: D) The word “anxiously” is an adverb describing in what way.

Explanation: an adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. In the given sentence we can see an example of an adverb in the word "anxiously," it is modifying the verb "awaited" by indicating in what way the father was awaiting the news.

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