very
/ˈvɛɹi/
adjective
- 1
True, real, actual.
“He tried his very best.”
- 2
The same; identical.
“He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.”
- 3
With limiting effect: mere.
adverb
- 1
To a great extent or degree.
“Not very many (of them) had been damaged.”
- 2
Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
- 3
(with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.
“He was the very best runner there.”
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