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Grep of noun very abdominal delivery bravery breech delivery caesarean delivery care delivery cesarean delivery delivery discovery forceps delivery frank breech delivery general delivery health care delivery jail delivery knavery livery obstetrical delivery recovery rediscovery revery self-discovery slavery special delivery thievery very high frequency very important person very light very low density lipoprotein very low frequency very pistol very reverend Overview of adj very The adj very has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (19) very -- (precisely as stated; "the very center of town") 2. (14) identical, one and the same selfsame, 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") 3. (5) very -- (used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act") 4. very -- (used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room") Overview of adv very The adv very has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (261) very really, real, rattling -- (intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn")) 2. (11) very -- (precisely so "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite") Antonyms of adj very 4 senses of very Sense 1 very(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA precise) -> imprecise Sense 2 identical, one and the same(prenominal), selfsame(postnominal), very(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA same) -> other Sense 3 very(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA actual) -> potential, possible Sense 4 very(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA absolute) -> relative Similarity of adj very 4 senses of very Sense 1 very(postnominal) => precise (vs. imprecise) Sense 2 identical, one and the same(prenominal), selfsame(postnominal), very(postnominal) => same (vs. other) Sense 3 very(postnominal) => actual (vs. potential), existent Sense 4 very(postnominal) => absolute (vs. relative) Attributes of adj very Familiarity of adj very very used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj very every livery shivery silvery slivery very Overview of adj very The adj very has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (19) very -- (precisely as stated; "the very center of town") 2. (14) identical, one and the same selfsame, 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") 3. (5) very -- (used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act") 4. very -- (used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room") Overview of adv very The adv very has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (261) very really, real, rattling -- (intensifiers; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; (`real' is sometimes used informally for `really' as in "I'm real sorry about it"; `rattling' is informal as in "a rattling good yarn")) 2. (11) very -- (precisely so "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite")
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