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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“From the very beginning, I wasn’t going to pay him a cent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Last month, Infantino told an economic conference that "we have to apply market rates" and that football had to adapt to this "very special market".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

But it does feel like Justice Jackson is out there at the top of the mountain ringing a very loud alarm bell to say: This is the play.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

It is now very difficult to get a red card.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The impossible boy made a sound like puppies did when they got very excited.

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

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