very
precisely as stated
How often you will meet it
Rank 67 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 380,927 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.181% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- precisely as stated the very center of town
- being the exact same one; not any other: also: identical, selfsame this is the identical room we stayed in beforethe themes of his stories are one and the same
adverb
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal also: really, real, rattling she was very giftedhe played very well
- precisely so on the very next pagehe expected the very opposite
very in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He is very good, and he loves me.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Very little children have sometimes done remarkable work in the plays.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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My wife is very good at it—much better, in fact, than I am.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Very often have I wondered what thought it was that passed then through his brain.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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She was very young, only twenty also, but there was a maturity in her to which the boy made an appeal.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1