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very

[ver-ee] / ˈvɛr i /
ADJECTIVE
real, exact
Synonyms
WEAK
actual appropriate authentic bare bona fide correct especial express genuine ideal identical indubitable mere model perfect plain precise pure right same selfsame sheer simple special sure-enough true undoubted unqualified unquestionable veritable very same
Antonyms
WEAK
inexact
ADVERB
much, really; to a high degree
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely awfully certainly decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly excessively extraordinarily extremely greatly highly incredibly noticeably particularly pretty profoundly remarkably surprisingly terribly truly uncommonly unusually wonderfully
WEAK
acutely amply astonishingly considerably dearly emphatically exaggeratedly extensively indispensably largely notably positively powerfully pressingly prodigiously substantially superlatively surpassingly vastly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
commonly doubtfully dubiously indefinite little unremarkably usually

Example Sentences

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Leaving full-time work before 60 means I’ll be on the early side, but I picked the very specific age of 59½ because that’s when I can access the funds in my retirement accounts without penalty.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

“We are a very middle class family,” Sheehan added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

One challenge is that neutrophils have a very short lifespan and must be studied using fresh blood samples, unlike other cell types that can be stored for later analysis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

All three tornadoes were created by a mix of the warm air rising from the ground and very cold air in the atmospheric sinking at the same time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

We have to go to a dark place—a very dark place indeed—a place where few badgers and only a handful of weasels and absolutely no jackrabbits have ever gone before.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman