Definition/Meaning of very

• English - Adjective: very ( not generally comparable , comparative verier , superlative veriest ) True , real , actual . The fierce hatred of a very woman . The very blood and bone of our grammar . He tried his very best . Bible , Genesis xxvii . 21 whether thou be my very son Esau or not John Milton (1608-1674) The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness . Edmund Burke (1729-1797) I looked on the…
• English - Adverb: very ( not comparable ) To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly . You’re very tall . 1915 , Mrs . Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger , chapter II: Then his sallow face brightened , for the hall had been carefully furnished , and was very clean . ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand , and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget , which matched in…
• Middle English - Adjective: very ( comparative verier ) true Quotations For usage examples of this term , see the citations page .
• Middle English - Adverb: very very
• English - Etymology: From Middle English verray , verrai ( “ true ” ), from Old French verai ( “ true ” ) (Modern French : vrai ), from assumed Vulgar Latin * vērācus , alteration of Latin vērāx ( “ truthful ” ), from Latin vērus ( “ true ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *wēr- ( “ true , benevolent ” ). Cognate with Old English wǣr ( “ true , correct ” ), Dutch waar ( “ true ” ), German wahr ( “ true ” ), Icelandic…