adverb
The Bell Inn has a very fine wine list. Vicky was very attached to her pony. I shall be there very soon
If you ask her out, she is very likely to say no
adjective
Her hopes were the very opposite of his. I arrived the very day she left. He is the very model of a hard-working student
The very thought of war makes me ill. The very mention of her name strikes terror into the hearts of the local residents
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