How to use very in a sentence (definition of very from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press) (used to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb) to a great degree or extremely
This naked charity calendar features grannies as old as 85.
Attended the very same schools
The very reverend jane smith.
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. See examples of very used in a sentence. Some common synonyms of very are equal, equivalent, identical, same, and selfsame
While all these words mean not different or not differing from one another, very, like selfsame, may imply identity, or, like same may imply likeness in kind. This is the very house where we stayed
