a. | 1. | True; real; actual; veritable. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
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adv. | 1. | In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; |
Adj. | 1. | very - precisely as stated; "the very center of town" |
2. | very - 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" | |
3. | very - used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act" | |
4. | very - used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room" | |
Adv. | 1. | very - 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" |
2. | very - precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite" |