Définition "very" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

very

1 adv Very is used to give emphasis to an adjective or adverb., (emphasis) The problem and the answer are very simple...

2 Not very is used with an adjective or adverb to say that something is not at all true, or that it is true only to a small degree.
♦ not very phrase
She's not very impressed with them...

3 adv You use very to give emphasis to a superlative adjective or adverb. For example, if you say that something is the very best, you are emphasizing that it is the best., (emphasis) They will be helped by the very latest in navigation aids...

4 adj You use very with certain nouns in order to specify an extreme position or extreme point in time., (emphasis) At the very back of the yard, several feet from Lenny, was a wooden shack...

5 adj You use very with nouns to emphasize that something is exactly the right one or exactly the same one., (emphasis) Everybody says he is the very man for the case...

6 adj You use very with nouns to emphasize the importance or seriousness of what you are saying., (emphasis) At one stage his very life was in danger...

7 The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering `yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
♦ very much so phrase
(emphasis) `Are you enjoying your holiday?'<emdash>`Very much so.'

8 Very well is used to say that you agree to do something or you accept someone's answer, even though you might not be completely satisfied with it.
♦ very well convention
(formulae) (=all right)
`We need proof, sir.' Another pause. Then, `Very well.'...

9 If you say that you cannot very well do something, you mean that it would not be right or possible to do it.
♦ cannot very well do phrase
He couldn't very well go to her office and force her to write a check...