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   very

   /ˈvɛri/

   adverb

   • 1. in a high degree: "a very large amount"
   • ▪ used to emphasize that the following description applies without qualification: "the very best quality"

   adjective

   • 1. actual; precise (used to emphasize the exact identity of someone or something): "those were his very words" Similar exactactualpreciseparticularspecificdistinctidealperfectappropriatesuitableaptfittingfitrightjust rightmade to ordertailor-madeinformal:spot onjust the job
   • ▪ real; genuine: archaic "the very God of Heaven"
   • 2. emphasizing an extreme point in time or space: "from the very beginning of the book"
   • 3. with no addition of anything else; mere: "the very thought of drink made him feel sick" Similar meresimplepurepure and simpleplainbasicsheerutter

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘real, genuine’): from Old French verai, based on Latin verus ‘true’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

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