very

Comparative

verier

Superlative

veriest

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.To a great extent or degree.

   • She's so very similar to her mother.
   • Not very many (of them) had been damaged.
   • In the end, the tickets didn't turn out so very expensive.

2. 2.Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

   • She seemed to be very surprised.
   • Yesterday, the weather was very nice.
   • I found the very thing you had been looking for.

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

   • This is my very own treehouse.
   • He was the very best runner there.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.True, real, actual.

   • We're approaching the very end of the trip.
   • The very essence of truth is plainnesse, and brightnes; the darknes and crookednesse is our own.
   • He tried his very best.

2. 2.The same; identical.

   • That's the very tool that I need.
   • He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.
   • The very man I wanted to see!

3. 3.With limiting effect: mere.

   • The very idea of climbing the ladder brings me out in a sweat.
   • We have many examples in our daies, yea in very children, of such as for feare of some slight incommoditie have yeelded unto death.

Overall

Very common· #105

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Very common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Uncommon

Synonyms

• really