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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This doesn’t mean that we cannot work on friendly terms with the United States, that we cannot build a very good relationship.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"Iran is very much intent, they want very much to make a deal. So far they haven't gotten there. We're not satisfied with it, but we will be," Trump said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

"It's just not a very nice world to bring people into, and why would I consciously do that when I can choose not to?"

From BBC • 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

His very first All Hallows’ Eve in Deadwood, two months after he’d been spotted in the dump.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

very

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