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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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the novel is critically acclaimed

He spent 20 years working on his novel. Now all his work has paid off; the novel is critically acclaimed.
... the novel is perfectly acclaimed.
... the novel is merrily acclaimed.

Hi,
Do all of the above sound right to you? Thanks.
  

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merrily / perfectly acclaimed does not sound natural to me. critically / highly / universally / widely acclaimed sound fine.

  • merrily / perfectly acclaimed does not sound natural to me.
  • critically / highly / universally / widely acclaimed sound fine.
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merrily / perfectly acclaimed does not sound natural to me.

critically / highly / universally / widely acclaimed sound fine.

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