What is "very" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does very mean in English? Meaning of very definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "very" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "very": precisely as stated

Adjective

  • Meaning: precisely as stated
  • Example: the very center of town
  • Synonyms: very
  • Similar: precise
  • Meaning of "very": used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal

    Adverb

  • Meaning: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
  • Example: she was very gifted he played very well a really enjoyable evening I'm real sorry about it a rattling good yarn
  • Synonyms: rattling real really very
  • Meaning of "very": being the exact same one; not any other:

    Adjective

  • Meaning: being the exact same one; not any other:
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: identical selfsame very
  • Similar: same
  • Meaning of "very": precisely so

    Adverb

  • Meaning: precisely so
  • Example: on the very next page he expected the very opposite
  • Synonyms: very
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