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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I imagine it's not going to like that very much.

From BBC

“You should expect us to continue to be very sharp, around managing our capital base and asset base for incremental value on behalf of the shareholders, which these two transactions show.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The panel acknowledged feedback provided on Kuppuswamy's behalf "was broadly very positive" and "demonstrated that he is an otherwise good doctor who is clinically competent and respected by his colleagues and patients".

From BBC

A spokesperson said: "As a family-friendly airline we take a zero-tolerance approach to disruptive passenger behaviour and we are very sorry that other customers and our colleagues onboard had to experience this too."

From BBC

"I noticed that the brick was a very pink-cast brick, and it had a little bit of a charcoal overlay on it. It was a modular eight-inch brick and it was square-edged," he says.

From BBC

very

Example Sentences

Related Words