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> この先生…早くはないけどすごく仕事がていねいだな…

In the sentence above, this is my understanding so far:

**Vocabulary**

  * この先生【せんせい】 that teacher…
  * 早くない【はやくない】 fast, negative present form
  * けど _conj._ however
  * すごく _adv._ immensely
  * 仕事【しごと】 _n._ work 
  * 『が』 _subject particle_
  * ていねい _na-adj._ polite, courteous
  * だ _non-formal copula_
  * 『な』 _sentence ending particle_

My question is the following. How does すごく, an adverb, change the noun 仕事
(work)? I don't understand.

It is a sentence from the manga, 'Send my Regards to Black Jack', p. 13
episode 2 (for context):

<https://www.sukima.me/bv/t/blackjackniyoroshiku/v/1/s/2/p/13>
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Using an adverb with a noun in Japanese
すごく should be understood as modifying 仕事がていねい. The meaning will be more or
less the same as

> 仕事がすごくていねいだ

Note that ていねい is used with "the other" meaning of "careful, thorough,
meticulous, accurate, ..." here.
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