Using an adverb with a noun in Japanese


> 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>




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.




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.

