very

Speech parts

1. very - Adjective

2. very - Verb

3. very - Adverb

5. very - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

True; real; actual; veritable.

In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

really selfsame right just great rather real particularly especially extremely quite greatly identical notably absolutely
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Antonyms

bush common rather little off slightly
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Phrases with the word

very good very top my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins my very educated mother just served us noodles my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas very nearby

Anagrams

evry

Examples

Sacred Tradition is the very Church; without the Sacred Tradition the Church does not exist. Those who deny the Sacred Tradition deny the Church and the preaching of the Apostles . Nectarios of Aegina

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius

Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement. John of Kronstadt

If the heart is right, the head cannot be very far wrong. American Proverb

Alexander the Great was not very tall. Greek Proverb

The doorstep of the palace is very slippery. Polish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

vervy Verwoerdian Verwood very ably very abominable very acidic taste