1. (

• very

) precisely as stated; "the very center of town" ;

2. (

• identical ,
• 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" ;

1. (

• very ,
• really ,
• real ,
• rattling

) 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" ;

2. (

• very ,

) precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite" ;