adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪ become , get
▪
The old lady was getting very ~.
▪ consider sb , find sb , regard sb as
▪
We were definitely regarded as ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly , wildly ( esp. BrE )
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ mildly
▪ endearingly ( esp. BrE )
▪
his endearingly ~ nature spilling into his speech
▪ increasingly
▪
In his last years, he became increasingly ~.
Eccentric is used with these nouns: ↑ genius , ↑ habit , ↑ orbit , ↑ professor , ↑ taste , ↑ uncle