adv.
in a high degree.
▸
[
with superlative or own]
without qualification:
the very best quality.
adj.
- actual; precise:
his very words.
▸archaic real; genuine.
- emphasizing an extreme point in time or space.
- with no addition; mere.
Phrase
- not very
- in a low degree.
- far from being.
- very good
(or well)
an expression of consent.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. verai, based on L. verus ‘true’.