very
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
very/ˈveri/
▶adverb in a high degree.
■ (with superlative or own) without qualification: the very best quality.
▶adjective- 1 actual; precise: his very words.
■ archaic real; genuine.
- 2 emphasizing an extreme point in time or space.
- 3 with no addition; mere.
– phrases
not very
not very
- 1 in a low degree.
- 2 far from being.
– origin ME: from OFr. verai, based on L. verus ‘true’.
'very' also found in these Oxford entries:
aa
- abominable
- ab ovo
- abstemious
- abundance
- abysmal
- abyss
- ace
- adept
- advanced
- adverb
- aeon
- aficionado
- Afro
- age
- aged
- age-old
- aggregate
- aggressive
- agog
- airgun
- albatross
- alive
- all
- almighty
- almost
- alpenhorn
- alter ego
- altissimo
- amazing
- Amazon
- Amazonian
- ambrosia
- anaconda
- ancient
- angel cake
- angel hair
- anguish
- animal
- anorexic
- anxious
- any
- à outrance
- ape
- apology
- appal
- apposite
- approximate
- arapaima
- archaic
