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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Highly Beautiful?
Hi. Why can we say highly interesting or highly attractive but cannot say highly beautiful? Or we can? Thanks.
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It's not a natural collocation in English. It's the same reason why "severely happy" doesn't sound right.
- It's not a natural collocation in English.
- It's the same reason why "severely happy" doesn't sound right.
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It's not a natural collocation in English. It's the same reason why "severely happy" doesn't sound right.
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Adverbs that collocate with the adjective "beautiful":exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, outstandingly, really, remarkably, supremely, truly, very | absolutely, perfectly, quite, utterly | just, simply(informal) ‘They're just beautiful,’ breathed Jo, when she saw the earrings.| almostI remember her as pretty, almost beautiful.| rather | astonishingly,
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