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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While AI can sometimes mimic human behavior, its ability to maintain attention appears to operate very differently from the way people do.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Ono’s very first “Wish Tree” — a baby grapefruit tree planted in a wooden box — was shown in 1996 at Santa Monica’s Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Bergamot Station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"But depending on where in time the Megalosaurus is on that trackway at the point where the sauropod put its foot down, it could very easily be explained by Megalosaurus coming up behind it."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

SoftBank’s CEO and founder, Masayoshi Son, was apparently very dismissive of the concerns.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Phineas's tamping iron is very smooth to the touch, smooth from the blacksmith's forge as well as from constant use.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

very

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