very

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/ˈvɛɹi/

adv 3adj 3name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

bad, beautiful, best, crafty, dark, english, fast, foreign

The weather was very dark and gloomy when we arrived at the old house.

VERB + VERY

died, doesn't, dress, find, like, passed, plays, see

I like very much how she decorated her new apartment last month.

VERY + NOUN

blood, country, lawyer, woman

My uncle married a very woman from the countryside last spring.

ADV.

really

That movie was really very good and I want to watch it again soon.

Definitions

adv

To a great extent or degree.

That dress is very you.

Not very many (of them) had been damaged.

Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

He was the very best runner there.

This is my very own treehouse.

adj

True, real, actual.

the fierce hatred of a very woman

the very blood and bone of our grammar

The same; identical.

He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.

That's the very tool that I need.

With limiting effect: mere.

The very idea of climbing the ladder brings me out in a sweat.

The very idea/thought!

name

A surname, variant of Verey.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — used as intensifiers

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

thank you very much

Said to express greater gratitude than would be conveyed by thank you.

Thank you very much indeed.

all very well

All right to a certain extent, but problematic beyond that, or for other people.

That's all very well, but how're we supposed to move 900 pounds of equipment out there, at all?

very well

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see very, well.

She plays very well almost any instrument that you can think of.

at the very least

at least; as an absolute minimum; emphatic form of at the least.

After all, if we think of the Vatican as a vast and hugely successful multinational corporation, then this interview would appear to be the equivalent of a profits warning. At the

under one's very eyes

in plain sight; while someone is watching

Example Bank

That dress is very you.

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Not very many (of them) had been damaged.

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She's so very similar to her mother.

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the fierce hatred of a very woman

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the very blood and bone of our grammar

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He tried his very best.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, very is marked as literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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