82 Synonyms & Antonyms For VERY

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Definitions very [ver-ee] / ˈvɛr i / ADJECTIVE real, exact Synonyms WEAK actual appropriate authentic bare bona fide correct especial express genuine ideal identical indubitable mere model perfect plain precise pure right same selfsame sheer simple special sure-enough true undoubted unqualified unquestionable veritable very same Antonyms WEAK inexact ADVERB much, really; to a high degree Synonyms STRONGEST absolutely awfully certainly decidedly deeply eminently exceedingly excessively extraordinarily extremely greatly highly incredibly noticeably particularly pretty profoundly remarkably surprisingly terribly truly uncommonly unusually wonderfully WEAK acutely amply astonishingly considerably dearly emphatically exaggeratedly extensively indispensably largely notably positively powerfully pressingly prodigiously substantially superlatively surpassingly vastly Antonyms STRONGEST commonly doubtfully dubiously indefinite little unremarkably usually

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“Sally was an artist in pottery, singing, acting and living life to the fullest,” Hammel-Sawyer said, and she was very excited to learn basketry.

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I felt very content and grateful for the year.

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And even though it has that machinery behind it, there is still something that feels very organic about the success of this movie.

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I needed to understand the very real fact that the next time I came back here, none of these things would exist anymore.

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“He was a very, very kind person, gracious, compassionate. Loyal. Understanding, he was younger than me so I felt like I had to look out for him because he was my little brother.”

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bloody bloodiest dearly eminently excessively extraordinarily extremely far indeed identic identical infinitely intensely materially mere mightily model more precise most much notably perfect precise preeminently pretty profoundly quite rather remarkably right same selfsame seriously so so sorely tantamount thoroughly too truest true truly truer uncommonly unusually veritable

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