For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).
For help with this exercise, see chapter 27 of Real Essays 5e.
Example
Scientists were (excited, excitedly) to discover something new about these ancient creatures.
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Before this discovery, people could offer only (rough, roughly) guesses about dinosaurs’ colors.
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Now, research (strong, strongly) suggests that some dinosaurs had red, gray, black, and white feathers.
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Scientists determined this by (close, closely) analyzing dinosaur fossils.
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The fossils themselves are (dull, dully) in color.
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However, when scientists use a microscope, they can (easy, easily) see tiny structures called melanosomes.
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Melanosomes make birds’ feathers (colorful, colorfully), so scientists speculate that melanosomes also made dinosaurs’ feathers colorful.
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Like birds, dinosaurs may have used their (brilliant, brilliantly) feathers to attract mates or scare away enemies.
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Some scientists remain (skeptical, skeptically) about these recent discoveries.
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Others see them as (valuable, valuably) contributions to the study of dinosaurs.
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