very
Because it is a word with a single syllable, very is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofvery
- True, real, actual.
Example: "He tried his very best."
- The same; identical.
Example: "He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met."
- With limiting effect: mere.
- To a great extent or degree.
Synonyms: drastically, extremely, greatly
Example: "Not very many (of them) had been damaged."
- Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
Synonyms: actually, authentically, truly
- (with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.
Example: "He was the very best runner there."
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