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English to English adjective
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True; real; actual; veritable. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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precisely as stated | | Example: the very center of town
source: wordnet30
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being the exact same one; not any other: | | Example: this is the identical room we stayed in before
the themes of his stories are one and the same
saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
on this very spot
the very thing he said yesterday
the very man I want to see
source: wordnet30 adverb
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used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal | | Example: she was very gifted
he played very well
a really enjoyable evening
I'm real sorry about it
a rattling good yarn
source: wordnet30
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precisely so | | Example: on the very next page
he expected the very opposite
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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