adj.
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ make sth
▪ find sth
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ hardly , not altogether , not at all , not entirely , not really , not totally , scarcely
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It is hardly ~ that these stories continue to circulate.
Surprising is used with these nouns: ↑ agility , ↑ announcement , ↑ conclusion , ↑ degree , ↑ discovery , ↑ ease , ↑ finding , ↑ move , ↑ number , ↑ omission , ↑ result , ↑ speed , ↑ strength , ↑ success , ↑ tenderness , ↑ thing , ↑ turn , ↑ twist , ↑ variety