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very

/ˈvɛɹi/
adjective

  1. True, real, actual.

    "He tried his very best."

  2. The same; identical.

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

  3. With limiting effect: mere.

Synonymsilk, selfsame
adverb

  1. To a great extent or degree.

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

    Similar: drastically, extremely, greatly

  2. Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.

    Similar: actually, authentically, truly

  3. (with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.

    "He was the very best runner there."

Synonymseminently, ever so, main, mighty, sore, swith

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