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  • Definition
    • very :precisely as stated
      • the very center of town

    • very :used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
      • she was very gifted|he played very well|a really enjoyable evening|I'm real sorry about it|a rattling good yarn

    • very :being the exact same one; not any other:
      • this is the identical room we stayed in before|the themes of his stories are one and the same|saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers|on this very spot|the very thing he said yesterday|the very man I want to see

    • very :precisely so
      • on the very next page|he expected the very opposite

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