Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: The results were surprisingly good.
- A. adjective
- B. adverb
- C. noun
- D. verb
Explanation
Surprisingly modifies the adjective good, and a word that modifies an adjective, a verb or another adverb is an adverb. Good itself is the adjective describing results. The ly ending is a useful clue, though not an infallible one, since friendly and lonely are adjectives.
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