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UK
/vˈɛɹi/
]
[ US /ˈvɛɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
precisely as stated
the very center of town -
being the exact same one; not any other:
saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
the very thing he said yesterday
the themes of his stories are one and the same
this is the identical room we stayed in before
the very man I want to see
on this very spot
ADVERB
-
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
he played very well
I'm real sorry about it
a really enjoyable evening
she was very gifted
a rattling good yarn -
precisely so
he expected the very opposite
on the very next page
How To Use very In A Sentence
- Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
- I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
- My aunt is very old-fashioned.
- Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
- Everyone's at it - apart from a few notable and honourable exceptions. The Sun
- He made a very positive contribution to the overall success of the project.
- I have been very busy lately and the ongoing project will take up about a few more weeks.
- We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
- I could be wrong but as I recall in Batman Begins Batman 'growled' his lines just a few times but to very strong effect. All of The Dark Knight's Broken Records - Box Office Dominance! « FirstShowing.net
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
