VERY


Meaning of VERY in English

adj.

Function: adverb

1 to a high or exceptional degree FF1C; a very successful meeting FF1E;

Synonyms: ||awful, awfully, ||big, ||crazy, damned, ||dreadful, dreadfully, eminently, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, insatiably, ||larruping, ||main, mightily, mighty, ||monstrous, ||mortacious, mortally, most, much, notably, parlous, pesky, ||pure, rattling, remarkably, right, ||right smart, snapping, so, spanking, staving, strikingly, super, surpassingly, terribly, thoroughly, too, vitally, whacking, whopping

Related Words: passing, quite, somewhat; perfectly, seriously, significantly, tellingly

Idioms: nothing if not

Contrasted Words: inconsiderably, little, scarcely, slightly

2 in actual fact FF1C; told the very same story FF1E;

Synonyms: actually, de facto, genuinely, really, truly, veritably

Related Words: exactly, precisely; almost, nearly, practically, well-nigh

Idioms: in point of fact, in truth

Contrasted Words: apparently, ostensibly, outwardly, seemingly

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.