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In the complex sentence, 'Although the exceptionally gifted researcher meticulously evaluated the bewilderingly complex data sets, she ultimately realized that the subtle anomalies discovered during the nocturnal experiments required a far more rigorous empirical framework.' — identify the precise part of speech for each of the target italicized/underlined words: *exceptionally*, *bewilderingly*, *subtle*, and *empirical*.
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Detailed Explanation
To correctly identify the parts of speech in the sentence, let's analyze each target word based on its syntactic function and distribution: 1) '*exceptionally*' modifies the adjective 'gifted', functioning as a degree adverb; 2) '*bewilderingly*' modifies the participial adjective 'complex', functioning as an adverb; 3) '*subtle*' modifies the noun 'anomalies', functioning as an attributive qualitative adjective; and 4) '*empirical*' modifies the noun 'framework', also functioning as an attributive adjective. According to linguistic principles of Part of speech classification, adverbs modify adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs, whereas adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.
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