very

UK /ˈvɛɹi/ US /ˈvɛɹi/
adv 3adj 3name 1

Definitions

adv

1

To a great extent or degree.

That dress is very you.

Not very many (of them) had been damaged.

2

Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

3

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

1

True, real, actual.

the fierce hatred of a very woman

the very blood and bone of our grammar

2

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.

3

With limiting effect: mere.

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

The very idea/thought!

name

1

A surname, variant of Verey.

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