VERY
\vˈɛɹɪ], \vˈɛɹɪ], \v_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ]\
Definitions of VERY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room"
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used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act"
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precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
By Princeton University
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used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room"
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used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act"
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precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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True; real; actual; veritable.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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True; real; actual; veritable.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Absolute; complete; utter; as, that is the very truth: especial; as, his very own; the same; as, that is the very one; for emphasis, equivalent to even the; as, the very thought frightens me.
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In a high degree; extremely.
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Verier.
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Veriest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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adv. In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively.
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