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