highly
adverb
used for saying that someone or something is considered to be very good or very important
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Ways of emphasizing how good something is
than someone/something put together
used for saying that someone or something is better or bigger than the whole of a group of other people or things
to a fault
used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular good quality to a very great degree
beyond/without compare
used for emphasizing the very good qualities of a person or thing
you ought to see/hear/meet etc
used for emphasizing how good, impressive, or unusual something or someone is
not/never in your (wildest) dreams
used for saying that something is much better than you expected or hoped
there’s nothing/no place like something
used for emphasizing that a thing or a place is better than any other
fortunately
adverb
used for emphasizing that something good has happened, especially because of good luck
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a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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