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English adjective: very | |||
| 1. | very precisely as stated | ||
| Samples | The very center of town. | ||
| Similar | precise | ||
| Antonyms | imprecise | ||
| 2. | very being the exact same one; not any other: | ||
| Samples | This is the identical room we stayed in before. The themes of his stories are one and the same. Saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers. On this very spot. The very thing he said yesterday. The very man I want to see. | ||
| Synonyms | identical, selfsame | ||
| Similar | same | ||
| Antonyms | other | ||
English adverb: very | |||
| 1. | very used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal | ||
| Samples | She was very gifted. He played very well. A really enjoyable evening. I'm real sorry about it. A rattling good yarn. | ||
| Synonyms | rattling, real, really | ||
| 2. | very precisely so | ||
| Samples | On the very next page. He expected the very opposite. | ||
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