Meaning & Definition of Very in English

1. Precisely as stated

• "The very center of town"

2. Being the exact same one

• Not any other:

• "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"

1. Used as intensifiers

• `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'

• `rattling' is informal

• "She was very gifted"

• "He played very well"

• "A really enjoyable evening"

• "I'm real sorry about it"

• "A rattling good yarn"

2. Precisely so

• "On the very next page"

• "He expected the very opposite"