True; real; actual; veritable: now used chiefly in an intensive sense, or to emphasize the identity of a thing mentioned with that which was in mind: as, to destroy his very life; that is the very thing that was lost: in the latter use, often with same: as, the very same fault.[Very is occasionally used in the comparative degree, and more frequently in the superlative.Truly; actually.In a high degree; to a great extent; extremely; exceedingly.