very
adv.
extremely, in an emphasized manner
adj.
particular, specific; absolute, complete; simple, mere; genuine; actual
Very
very
Adjective
1. precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
(synonym) very(a)
(similar) precise
2. being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"
(synonym) identical, one and the same(p), selfsame(a), very(a)
(similar) same
3. used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act"
(synonym) very(a)
(similar) actual, existent
4. used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room"
(synonym) very(a)
(similar) absolute
Adverb
1. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
(synonym) really, real, rattling
2. precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"
Very
(v. t.)
True; real; actual; veritable.
(adv.)
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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very
Synonyms and related words:
a bit, a little, absolutely, actually, acutely, almighty, almost, altogether, awful, awfully, bare, barest, big, bleeding, bloody, bona fide, certainly, completely, correct, crazy, damned, danged, darned, de facto, decidedly, deeply, definitely, dreadful, dreadfully, eminently, entirely, especial, exact, exactly, exceedingly, exceptionally, express, extraordinarily, extremely, fairly, genuine, genuinely, greatly, highly, hugely, hundred-percent, ideal, identical, in a measure, in a way, in some measure, in truth, indubitable, jolly, just, kind of, larruping, least, main, mere, mightily, mighty, model, monstrous, mortally, most, much, nearly, notably, only too, parlous, particular, passing, perfect, perfectly, pesky, plumb, powerful, powerfully, practically, precise, precisely, pretty, profoundly, pure, quite, rather, rattling, real, really, remarkably, right, same, scarcely, selfsame, seriously, sheer, significantly, simple, slightly, snapping, so, somewhat, sort of, spanking, special, strikingly, super, sure-enough, surely, surpassingly, tellingly, terribly, terrifically, thoroughly, to a degree, to some extent, too, totally, TRUE, truly, uncommonly, undoubted, unequivocally, unquestionable, unquestionably, unusually, utter, vastly, veritable, veritably, very much, vitally, whacking, whopping
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.