very
/ˈvɛɹi/ adverb A1- To a great extent or degree. · That dress is very you.· Not very many (of them) had been damaged.
- Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
- Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect. · He was the very best runner there.· This is my very own treehouse.
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“You people with hearts,” he said, “have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast.”
“Because Mercédès is a very fine girl, and fine girls never lack followers; she particularly has them by dozens.”
“That is not very likely; our authority was too good.”
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