The meaning of VERY is to a high degree : exceedingly. How to use very in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Very.

VERY meaning: 1. (used to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb) to a great degree or extremely: 2. used to add…. Learn more.

1. In a high degree; extremely: very happy; very much admired. 2. Truly; absolutely: the very best advice; attended the very same schools. 3. Very Used in titles: the Very Reverend Jane Smith.

VERY meaning: 1 : to a great degree extremely used for emphasis before adjectives and adverbs often used in negative statements; 2 : used to emphasize the exactness of a description

You use very to give emphasis to a superlative adjective or adverb. For example, if you say that something is the very best, you are emphasizing that it is the best.

5 days ago · Over time displaced the use of a number of Germanic words or prefixes to convey the sense 'very' such as fele, full-, mægen, sore, sin-, swith, (partially) wel.

Some common synonyms of very are equal, equivalent, identical, same, and selfsame. While all these words mean "not different or not differing from one another," very, like selfsame, may …

This is the very house where we stayed. (Definition of very from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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(Definition of very from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)