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very
('v/E/r/i/ )

adjective (a)

  • True; real; actual; veritable.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal(adv.all)
    Example:
    She was very gifted.
    He played very well.
    source: wordnet30
  • precisely so(adv.all)
    Example:
    On the very next page.
    He expected the very opposite.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • precisely as stated(adj.all)
    Example:
    The very center of town.
    source: wordnet30
  • being the exact same one; not any other:(adj.all)
    Example:
    On this very spot.
    The very thing he said yesterday.
    The very man I want to see.
    Synonym:
    identical, selfsame
    source: wordnet30
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