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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“That’s typically the kind of thing that presents itself when the market is very hot,” Jeremy Bohne, founder of Paceline Wealth Management, said in an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

“The rapid spread of the outbreak in Ituri is very worrying,” said Heather Reoch Kerr, the charity’s Congo country director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

First, potatoes can be prepared in very different ways.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Red-hot share prices for AI-related companies have made many tech investors very rich, very quickly.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 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

very

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