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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. precisely as stated;
- Example: "the very center of town"

2. being the exact same one; not any other:;
- Example: "this is the identical room we stayed in before"
- Example: "the themes of his stories are one and the same"
- Example: "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"
- Example: "on this very spot"
- Example: "the very thing he said yesterday"
- Example: "the very man I want to see"
[syn: identical, selfsame(a), very(a)]


ADVERB (2)

1. used as intensifiers; `real'; is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling'; is informal;
- Example: "she was very gifted"
- Example: "he played very well"
- Example: "a really enjoyable evening"
- Example: "I'm real sorry about it"
- Example: "a rattling good yarn"
[syn: very, really, real, rattling]

2. precisely so;
- Example: "on the very next page"
- Example: "he expected the very opposite"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Very \Ver"y\ (v[e^]r"[y^]), a. [Compar. Verier
   (v[e^]r"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Veriest.] [OE. verai, verray,
   OF. verai, vrai, F. vrai, (assumed) LL. veracus, for L. verax
   true, veracious, fr. verus true; akin to OHG. & OS. w[=a]r,
   G. wahr, D. waar; perhaps originally, that is or exists, and
   akin to E. was. Cf. Aver, v. t., Veracious, Verdict,
   Verity.]
   True; real; actual; veritable.
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         Whether thou be my very son Esau or not. --Gen. xxvii.
                                                  21.
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         He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
         that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
                                                  --Prov. xvii.
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         The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
                                                  --Milton.
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         I looked on the consideration of public service or
         public ornament to be real and very justice. --Burke.
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   Note: Very is sometimes used to make the word with which it
         is connected emphatic, and may then be paraphrased by
         same, self-same, itself, and the like. "The very hand,
         the very words." --Shak. "The very rats instinctively
         have quit it." --Shak. "Yea, there where very
         desolation dwells." --Milton. Very is used occasionally
         in the comparative degree, and more frequently in the
         superlative. "Was not my lord the verier wag of the
         two?" --Shak. "The veriest hermit in the nation."
         --Pope. "He had spoken the very truth, and transformed
         it into the veriest falsehood." --Hawthorne.
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   Very Reverend. See the Note under Reverend.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Very \Ver"y\ (v[e^]r"[y^]), adv.
   In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly;
   excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very
   bright sun; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he
   was very much hurt.
   [1913 Webster] Very's night signals


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

very
    adv 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" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
    2: precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very
       opposite"
    adj 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" [syn: identical,
       selfsame(a), very(a)]