Antonyms for very
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : ver-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɛr i |
Definition of very
Origin :- mid-13c., verray "true, real, genuine," later "actual, sheer" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French verrai, Old French verai "true," from Vulgar Latin *veracus, from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true," from PIE *weros- (cf. Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true;" Old Church Slavonic vera "faith"). Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.
- adj real, exact
- adv much, really; to a high degree
- Those less than the very best frankly esteem it a privilege.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There are quiet and very decent places for those of us that must.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The very spirit of harmony is embodied in the proportions of the Parthenon.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- My very blood boiled in my veins, that such an one as he could give me pain.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Besides, it is very possible that you are unjust to Hipparete.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I've always been taken with the chap; and I'm very glad you read him correctly.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Very well; bring me what you have at that hour, and we'll strike a trade.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He was very glad to earn money in this way, since it seemed he was to have no fish to dispose of.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- It is very honorable in you to make the offer, and I like you the better for having made it.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- There was a scar on one cheek, and, altogether, he was not very prepossessing in his appearance.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
Synonyms for very
- absolutely
- actual
- acutely
- amply
- appropriate
- astonishingly
- authentic
- awfully
- bare
- bona fide
- certainly
- considerably
- correct
- dearly
- decidedly
- deeply
- eminently
- emphatically
- especial
- exaggeratedly
- exceedingly
- excessively
- express
- extensively
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- genuine
- greatly
- highly
- ideal
- identical
- incredibly
- indispensably
- indubitable
- largely
- mere
- model
- notably
- noticeably
- particularly
- perfect
- plain
- positively
- powerfully
- precise
- pressingly
- pretty
- prodigiously
- profoundly
- pure
- remarkably
- right
- same
- selfsame
- sheer
- simple
- special
- substantially
- superlatively
- sure-enough
- surpassingly
- surprisingly
- terribly
- true
- truly
- uncommonly
- undoubted
- unqualified
- unquestionable
- unusually
- vastly
- veritable
- very same
- wonderfully
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