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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“Detectives stumbled upon a very, very large cache of fireworks within the residence,” said Marc Reina, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Deputy Chief of Operations-South Bureau.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Looking at the two-year weekly chart, one can see the double top that formed near the very round $500 level.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

“It is becoming clear that the memory market is very different in the era of AI than it was even a couple of years ago,” Luria said.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

But now it seems that a very contemporary and more personal issue could be gnawing at Timesfolk and driving them to the brink of paranoia.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

It was very easy to use the wrong one and have everyone hissing at you like a car with four slashed tires.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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