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very

The word very is an intensifier, suggesting a high degree of a quality. Something great is very good.

This word adds intensity to statements and means something close to really or extremely. If you are tired, you might have some coffee. If you are very tired, you might need a nap. An 80 degree day is hot, but a 90 degree day is very hot. This word also means exact, as in "On this very day, I was born" or "That's the very book you were talking about."

DEFINITIONS OF: very

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adj being the exact same one; not any other:

“on this very spot”
“the very thing he said yesterday”
“the very man I want to see”
Synonyms:
identical, selfsame
same
same in identity

adj precisely as stated

“the very center of town”
Synonyms
precise
sharply exact or accurate or delimited

adv used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal

“she was very gifted”
“he played very well”
Synonyms:
rattling, real, really

adv precisely so

“on the very next page”
“he expected the very opposite”
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