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

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

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

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.

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' is an adverb used to emphasize the degree or intensity of an adjective or another adverb. It enhances the meaning of a word, conveying a stronger sense of that quality.

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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)

3. (intensifier) used in metaphors to emphasize the applicability of the image to the situation described ⇒ he was a very lion in the fight 4. archaic a. real or true; genuine ⇒ the very living …