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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“It’s going to take a long time to address these issues that make it challenging in addition to making it very unique,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

“I was sitting there as a woman in her 30s who very much wanted marriage. And I know that there’s a lot of other ladies in this audience who are in the same boat.”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

There are several types, and meningitis B can be very serious.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

But he said it’s very do-able, pointing also to the ability of Starlink to scale up as well as the AI business.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

“Most people think I have died because I have tried very hard to efface the past,” she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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