very

[ver-ee] / ˈvɛr i /

ADJECTIVE

real, exact

Synonyms

WEAK

actual appropriate authentic bare bona fide correct especial express genuine ideal identical indubitable mere model perfect plain precise pure right same selfsame sheer simple special sure-enough true undoubted unqualified unquestionable veritable very same

Antonyms

WEAK

inexact

ADVERB

much, really; to a high degree

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely awfully certainly decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly excessively extraordinarily extremely greatly highly incredibly noticeably particularly pretty profoundly remarkably surprisingly terribly truly uncommonly unusually wonderfully

WEAK

acutely amply astonishingly considerably dearly emphatically exaggeratedly extensively indispensably largely notably positively powerfully pressingly prodigiously substantially superlatively surpassingly vastly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

commonly doubtfully dubiously indefinite little unremarkably usually

Example Sentences

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The mother of six had purchased the property in 2010, when her life had been very different.

From MarketWatch

Energy Information Administration estimates that there are enough engines in retired military aircraft to convert to as much as 40 GW of power generating capacity, though this figure is very theoretical.

From The Wall Street Journal

Conservative Cadden added: "Building a lot of houses very quickly is very difficult... we need to build on brownfield sites, which local people agree on."

From BBC

"It's very difficult these days to play good football if you're not solid, compact, and don't know how to press high up the pitch," he added.

From BBC

I remember very well the return of the veterans of Afghanistan and the famous phrase from the bureaucrats: 'I'm not the one who sent you there'.

From Barron's

very

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