The meaning of very is to a high degree :
How to use very in a sentence.
Synonym discussion of very.
In a high degree;
See examples of very used in a sentence.
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.
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Some people say the words very and vary in exactly the same way, but these two words have different meanings.
In general usage very is not used alone to modify a past participle.
Thus, we may say of a book that it has been very much praised or very much criticized (where very modifies the adverb.
To a great degree extremely used for emphasis before adjectives and adverbs often used in negative statements;
Used to emphasize the exactness of a description
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.
This is the very house where we stayed.
(definition of very from the cambridge learner's dictionary © cambridge university press)
Past participles that have become established as adjectives can, like most english adjectives, be modified by the adverb very:
A very driven person;
We were very concerned for your safety.