Definitions

the very thing

ADVERB

absolutely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually categorically definitely doubtless exactly positively precisely really surely truly unconditionally unquestionably

WEAK

come hell or high water conclusively decidedly decisively easily for sure no ifs ands or buts no strings attached on the button on the money on the nose right on straight out sure as can be sure as hell sure enough unambiguously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully dubiously questionably uncertain

WEAK

doubtfully

ADVERB

precisely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely accurately as well correctly literally specifically squarely strictly

WEAK

definitely even expressly for a fact for sure just so no ifs ands or buts no mistake on the button on the money on the nose plumb right sharp smack smack-dab square sure sure thing the ticket to a tee yes

Antonyms

WEAK

imprecisely questionably unsure

Example Sentences

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And the very thing they're meant to do, provide job opportunities to claimants, isn't something they're widely able to do as many employers don't advertise with them, believing they won't get quality candidates.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

His just-in-time epiphany leads him to do the very thing he has spent his whole career eschewing: substitute a simple calculus of immediate military advantage for legalistic code.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Yet that is the very thing that Takaichi is proposing.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

If the industry hands itself over to AI actors, it will turn away from the very thing that keeps audiences coming back.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

That was the very thing to cover Tea Cake with.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

the very thing

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