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

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.

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.

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 …

Very is an adverb that is used to intensify or emphasize the degree or extent of something. It is typically used to describe a high level or extreme quality of a characteristic or action.

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 …

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 …

Are you looking for the word vary (to change or be different)? Some people say the words very and vary in exactly the same way, but these two words have different meanings.

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