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