VERY
Dictionary entry overview: What does very mean?
• VERY (adjective)
The adjective VERY has 2 senses:
1. precisely as stated
2. being the exact same one; not any other:
Familiarity information: VERY used as an adjective is rare.
• VERY (adverb)
The adverb VERY has 2 senses:
1. used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal
2. precisely so
Familiarity information: VERY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VERY (adjective)
Meaning:
Precisely as stated
Context example:
the very center of town
Similar:
precise (sharply exact or accurate or delimited)
Meaning:
Being the exact same one; not any other:
Synonyms:
selfsame; identical; very
Context examples:
this is the identical room we stayed in before / the themes of his stories are one and the same / saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers / on this very spot / the very thing he said yesterday / the very man I want to see
Similar:
same (same in identity)
• VERY (adverb)
Meaning:
Used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal
Synonyms:
rattling; real; very; really
Context examples:
she was very gifted / he played very well / a really enjoyable evening / I'm real sorry about it / a rattling good yarn
Meaning:
Precisely so
Context examples:
on the very next page / he expected the very opposite
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