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very

/ˈvɛɹi/
Dictionary

adjective

  • True, real, actual.

    "He tried his very best."

  • The same; identical.

    "He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met."

  • With limiting effect: mere.
Synonyms:ilkselfsame

adverb

  • To a great extent or degree.

    "Not very many (of them) had been damaged."

  • Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
  • (with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

    "He was the very best runner there."

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