very

UK, US /ˈvɛɹi/ · AU, NZ /ˈveɹi/

Etymology From Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērāx, derived from vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Distantly cognate with the Old English wǣr (“true”). Over time displaced the use of a number of Germanic words or prefixes to convey the sense 'very' such as fele, full-, mægen, sore, sin-, swith, (partially) wel.

Synonyms

44 terms

above a bit, absolutely, sorely, bone, abundantly, all too, but good, completely, damn, eminently, ever so, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, flipping, freaking, fucking, greatly, highly, in spades, jolly, main, mightily, murrain, passing, positively, pretty, quite, really, right, simply, somewhat, sore, specially, strongly, swith, truly, vastly, very, very much, way, way too, wicked, wickedly

Antonyms

almost, mostly, slightly

Derived terms

33 terms

all very well, at very least, fuck you very much, how very dare you, my very easy method just speeds up naming planets, my very educated mother just served us nachos, my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas, my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins, my very educated mother just served us noodles, my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas, spank you very much, thank ye so very much, thank you very much, very good, very high frequency, very important person, very large crude carrier, very-large-scale, very large scale integration, very-large-scale integration, very less, very light, very-light, very like a whale, very-long-baseline interferometry, very long-chain, very-long-chain, very low mass star, very much, Very Reverend, very special episode, very well, very yes

Related terms

degree, quantity, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 31. Greatness

Hypernyms

partially