very

adj 1: precisely as stated; "the very center of town" [syn: {very(a)}]

2: 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" [syn: {identical},

{one and the same(p)}, {selfsame(a)}, {very(a)}]

3: used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing

modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the

very act" [syn: {very(a)}]

4: used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic

expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very

back of the room" [syn: {very(a)}]

adv 1: 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") [syn: {really}, {real}, {rattling}]

2: precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very

opposite"