Definitions

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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“But once that happens, it is typically very hard to undo later.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“Even very strong El Niño events do not lead to the expected impact everywhere,” the Climate Prediction Center said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

This very American food has gotten very expensive.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

“We expect a mix of communities,” she said, “which feels very much in the spirit of New York.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I need to ask her a very important question, and to do that, I’ll have to make eye contact with Aunt J. So I chance lifting my head to meet her gaze.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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