The meaning of VERY is to a high degree : exceedingly. How to use very in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Very.

1. In a high degree; extremely: very happy; very much admired. 2. Truly; absolutely: the very best advice; attended the very same schools. 3. Very Used in titles: the Very Reverend Jane Smith.

You use very to give emphasis to a superlative adjective or adverb. For example, if you say that something is the very best, you are emphasizing that it is the best.

This is the very house where we stayed. (Definition of very from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

This word is sometimes used to show the speaker's intense feeling, or to emphasize or stress something, esp. something superlative or to stress identity or oppositeness: the very best …

True; real; actual; veritable: now used chiefly in an intensive sense, or to emphasize the identity of a thing mentioned with that which was in mind: as, to destroy his very life; that is the very thing …

'Very' is an adverb used to emphasize the degree or intensity of an adjective or another adverb. It enhances the meaning of a word, conveying a stronger sense of that quality.

VERY definition: in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly. See examples of very used in a sentence.

People Edward Wilson Very (1847–1910), US Navy officer, inventor of the Very flare gun Frank Washington Very (1852–1927), American astronomer Jones Very (1813–1880), American …

VERY meaning: 1 : to a great degree extremely used for emphasis before adjectives and adverbs often used in negative statements; 2 : used to emphasize the exactness of a description