C4. Dialogue tags: "said" against other verbs, and adverbs on tags. Count
Dialogue and voice. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 49% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 3 in all, most often apologetically, ironically, quietly. |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 66% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 21 in all, most often sharply, feverishly, humbly. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 60% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 17 in all, most often quietly, softly, brusquely. |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 37% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often joyfully, eagerly. |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 58% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 33 in all, most often presently, angrily, grimly. |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 72% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 3 in all, most often sharply, coldly, defiantly. |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 46% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 15 in all, most often cordially, suddenly, impatiently. |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 58% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 4 in all, most often cordially, frankly, impatiently. |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 58% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 29 in all, most often softly, plainly, gently. |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 57% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 72 in all, most often quietly, faintly, simply. |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | 'Said' is 49% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often only. |
| Persuasion | Romance | 'Said' is 45% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often impressively. |
| Emma | Romance | 'Said' is 54% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 6 in all, most often only, immediately, gravely. |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | 'Said' is 49% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 32 in all, most often inwardly, impatiently, softly. |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 58% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 42 in all, most often solemnly, suddenly, hoarsely. |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 43% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 5 in all, most often playfully, carelessly, earnestly. |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 55% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 5 in all, most often coolly, slowly, complainingly. |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 38% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 10 in all, most often gravely, bitterly, simply. |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 30% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 37 in all, most often earnestly, gravely, crossly. |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 34% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often shortly. |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | 'Said' is 80% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often suddenly. |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | 'Said' is 75% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 4 in all, most often abruptly, intermittently, presently. |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | 'Said' is 79% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 12 in all, most often abruptly, slowly, drily. |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 70% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 10 in all, most often thoughtfully, anxiously, softly. |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 45% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 9 in all, most often sadly, earnestly, confidentially. |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 67% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 44 in all, most often slowly, stoutly, suddenly. |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 57% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 25 in all, most often presently, heartily, jeeringly. |
| Great Expectations | Literary | 'Said' is 69% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 9 in all, most often audibly, gravely, suddenly. |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | 'Said' is 57% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often briefly, impatiently. |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | 'Said' is 57% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 56 in all, most often suddenly, shortly, quickly. |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | 'Said' is 42% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often hotly. |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 69% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often loudly, impudently. |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 56% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 10 in all, most often suddenly, softly, quickly. |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 58% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 3 in all, most often coldly, quietly, mechanically. |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 66% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 9 in all, most often shortly, markedly, blankly. |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 56% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 111 in all, most often quietly, gaily, drily. |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 65% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often eagerly, slowly. |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | 'Said' is 65% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 22 in all, most often shortly, quietly, sharply. |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 50% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 24 in all, most often presently, gravely, abruptly. |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 63% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often unwittingly. |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 60% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 42 in all, most often shortly, sharply, quietly. |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 70% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 8 in all, most often coquettishly, scornfully, sternly. |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 41% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 17 in all, most often bitterly, inquiringly, slowly. |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 45% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 38 in all, most often presently, hastily, mendaciously. |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 63% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 11 in all, most often savagely, bitterly, apologetically. |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | 'Said' is 42% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 59 in all, most often calmly, slowly, sharply. |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | 'Said' is 50% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often gravely, immediately. |
| North and South | Romance | 'Said' is 71% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 7 in all, most often softly, resolutely, scornfully. |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | 'Said' is 77% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 32 in all, most often billy, eagerly, coaxingly. |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | 'Said' is 72% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 20 in all, most often gravely, eagerly, gently. |
| The Sheik | Romance | 'Said' is 42% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 160 in all, most often quietly, slowly, sharply. |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 45% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 6 in all, most often earnestly, brusquely, drowsily. |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 67% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often imperiously, only. |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 49% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 16 in all, most often angrily, roughly, mechanically. |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 56% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 81% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 1 in all, most often gloomily. |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | 'Said' is 25% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | 'Said' is 75% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 8 in all, most often slowly, deliberately, suddenly. |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | 'Said' is 37% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 5 in all, most often enthusiastically, faintly, eagerly. |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | 'Said' is 20% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Herland | Science fiction | 'Said' is 53% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 24 in all, most often softly, eagerly, appraisingly. |
| Flatland | Science fiction | 'Said' is 37% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 3 in all, most often boldly, scornfully, triumphantly. |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | 'Said' is 43% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | 'Said' is 36% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 2 in all, most often mentally, gently. |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 65% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 48 in all, most often thoughtfully, eagerly, doubtfully. |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 64% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 38 in all, most often severely, joyfully, grandly. |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 81% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 32 in all, most often billy, angrily, quietly. |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 95% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 84% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 19 in all, most often politely, suddenly, doubtfully. |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 100% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 53% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 112 in all, most often slightly, curly, hoarsely. |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 77% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 18 in all, most often softly, violently, suddenly. |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 79% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 50 in all, most often reproachfully, shyly, breathlessly. |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | 'Said' is 85% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 8 in all, most often polly, slowly, angrily. |
| Middlemarch | Literary | 'Said' is 85% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 24 in all, most often immediately, stiffly, quietly. |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | 'Said' is 60% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 65 in all, most often quickly, abruptly, gently. |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | 'Said' is 73% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 15 in all, most often sally, abruptly, audibly. |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | 'Said' is 71% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 15 in all, most often lily, compassionately, ironically. |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | 'Said' is 69% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 207 in all, most often dolly, suddenly, angrily. |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | 'Said' is 26% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 216 in all, most often suddenly, softly, irritably. |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | 'Said' is 50% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 18 in all, most often hurriedly, only, scornfully. |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | 'Said' is 44% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 46 in all, most often abruptly, simply, gently. |
| Silas Marner | Literary | 'Said' is 83% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 34 in all, most often dolly, meekly, mildly. |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | 'Said' is 81% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Hamlet | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Macbeth | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Othello | Plays | 'Said' is 50% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | 'Said' is 12% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| A Doll's House | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | 'Said' is 100% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| Pygmalion | Plays | 'Said' is 0% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | 'Said' is 50% of dialogue tags. Adverbs on tags: 0 in all. |
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