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UK
/vˈɛɹi/
]
[ US /ˈvɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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precisely as stated
the very center of town -
being the exact same one; not any other:
saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
the very thing he said yesterday
the themes of his stories are one and the same
this is the identical room we stayed in before
the very man I want to see
on this very spot
ADVERB
-
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
he played very well
I'm real sorry about it
a really enjoyable evening
she was very gifted
a rattling good yarn -
precisely so
he expected the very opposite
on the very next page
How To Use very In A Sentence
- Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
- I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
- My aunt is very old-fashioned.
- Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
- Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
- I have been very busy lately and the ongoing project will take up about a few more weeks.
- We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
- I could be wrong but as I recall in Batman Begins Batman 'growled' his lines just a few times but to very strong effect. All of The Dark Knight's Broken Records - Box Office Dominance! « FirstShowing.net
- He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
- I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry