How to use very in a sentence (definition of very from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press) (used to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb) to a great degree or extremely
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You use very to give emphasis to a superlative adjective or adverb
For example, if you say that something is the very best, you are emphasizing that it is the best.
Attended the very same schools The very reverend jane smith. To a great degree extremely used for emphasis before adjectives and adverbs often used in negative statements Used to emphasize the exactness of a description
Adds emphasis to adjectives or adverbs to show high degree Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words Discover expressions like under one's very eyes, very much like, come very close to. Some common synonyms of very are equal, equivalent, identical, same, and selfsame
While all these words mean not different or not differing from one another, very, like selfsame, may imply identity, or, like same may imply likeness in kind.
This is the very house where we stayed
