Very

adjective

/ˈvɛɹi/

Word Frequency: 577.4

Definitions

1.adjectiveTrue, real, actual.

"He tried his very best."

2.adjectiveThe same; identical.

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

3.adjectiveWith limiting effect: mere.

4.adverbTo a great extent or degree.

"Not very many (of them) had been damaged."

5.adverbConforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

6.adverb(with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

"He was the very best runner there."

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