Adjective

• S: (adj) very (precisely as stated) "the very center of town"
• S: (adj) identical, selfsame, very (being the exact same one; not any other:) "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"

Adverb

• S: (adv) very, really, real, rattling (used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal) "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
• S: (adv) very (precisely so) "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"