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adjective
being the exact same one; not any other:
"on this very spot"
"the very thing he said yesterday"
"the very man I want to see"
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adverb
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
"she was very gifted"
"he played very well"
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adjective
precisely as stated
"the very center of town"
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great
very good
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other
very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected
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new
very recently
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old
very good
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big
very intense
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bad
very much; strongly
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bad
very intense
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dead
very tired
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most
very
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hard
very strong or vigorous