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Very Latin
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The very blood and bone of our grammar.
We're approaching the very end of the trip.
[ … ] I am the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a tooth.
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
The very essence of truth is plainnesse, and brightnes; the darknes and crookednesse is our own.
‘Thou seest after all I am a very woman.’
1914 , Louis Joseph Vance , chapter III, in Nobody , New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company , published 1915, OCLC 40817384 :
The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.
He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.
Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
We have many examples in our daies, yea in very children, of such as for feare of some slight incommoditie have yeelded unto death.
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Not very many (of them) had been damaged.
1913 , Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes , chapter II, in The Lodger , London: Methuen , OCLC 7780546 ; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened , New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co. , [ … ] , [1933], OCLC 2666860 , page 0091 :
“ [ … ] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
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From Middle English verray , verrai ( “ true ” ) , from Old French verai ( “ true ” ) (Modern French vrai ), from assumed Vulgar Latin *vērācus , alteration of Latin vērāx ( “ truthful ” ) , from vērus ( “ true ” ) , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- ( “ true, benevolent ” ) . Cognate with Old English wǣr ( “ true, correct ” ) , Dutch waar ( “ true ” ) , German wahr ( “ true ” ) , Icelandic alvöru ( “ earnest ” ) . Displaced native Middle English sore , sār ( “ very ” ) (from Old English sār ( “ grievous, extreme ” ) (Compare German sehr , Dutch zeer ), Middle English wel ( “ very ” ) (from Old English wel ( “ well, very ” ) ) (Compare German wohl , Dutch wel , Swedish väl ), and Middle English swith ( “ quickly; very ” ) (from Old English swīþe ( “ very ” ) . More at warlock .

Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script code : (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Serbo-Croatian/Cyrillic)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:very .


Finnish: todellinen (fi) , oikea (fi) , koko (fi)
Georgian: ნამდვილი ( namdvili ) , რეალური ( realuri )


Armenian: հենց (hy) ( hencʿ )
Azerbaijani: elə həmin
Czech: týž (cs) , tentýž (cs)
Danish: samme (da)
Dutch: zelfde (nl) , dezelfde (nl) , hetzelfde (nl)
Finnish: sama (fi)
French: même (fr)
Galician: o mesmo m
Georgian: იგივე ( igive )
German: derselbe (de)
Hungarian: ugyanaz (hu) , egyazon
Italian: stesso (it)
Japanese: 正に ( まさに, masani ) , 正しく (ja) ( まさしく, masashiku )


Latin: ipse (la)
Macedonian: сам ( sam ) , самиот ( samiot )
Nepali: त्यै ( tyai )
Norwegian: samme (no)
Polish: identyczny (pl)
Portuguese: próprio (pt) , o mesmo
Romanian: același (ro) m or n
Russian: са́мый (ru) ( sámyj ) , тот са́мый (ru) ( tot sámyj )
Scots: vera
Scottish Gaelic: aon , ceart , ceudna , dearbh
Tagalog: talaga , talagang
Zazaki: bol (diq)


Finnish: jopa (fi)
Hungarian: puszta (hu)


Abkhaz: даара ( daara ) , даараӡа ( daaraʒa )
Afrikaans: baie (af)
Albanian: shumë (sq)
Amharic: በጣም ( bäṭam )
Arabic: جِدًّا ‎ (ar) ( jiddan )
Egyptian Arabic: قوي ‎ ( ʾawi ) , جدا ‎ ( giddan )
Hijazi Arabic: مَرَّة ‎ ( marra )
Moroccan Arabic: بالزاف ‎ ( be-z-zāf ) , كتير ‎ ( ktīr )
South Levantine Arabic: كتير ‎ ( ktīr )
Armenian: շատ (hy) ( šat )
Assamese: বৰ ( bor ) , খুব ( khubo ) , নিচেই ( nisei )
Asturian: mui (ast) , per- (ast) , muncho (ast)
Azerbaijani: çox (az) , olduqca , xeyli (az)
Bashkir: бик ( bik ) , бигерәк ( bigeräk ) , үтә ( ütä )
Basque: oso (eu)
Belarusian: ве́льмі (be) ( vjélʹmi ) , ду́жа ( dúža )
Bengali: খুব ( khub )
Biatah Bidayuh: paŭh
Bikol Central: marhay (bcl)
Bulgarian: мно́го (bg) ( mnógo ) , бая́ (bg) ( bajá ) ( colloquial )
Burmese: တယ် (my) ( tai ) , အလွန် (my) ( a.lwan ) , အရမ်း (my) ( a.ram: ) , သိပ် (my) ( sip )
Catalan: molt (ca) , força (ca)
Chechen: чӀогӀа ( č̣oġa )
Cherokee: ᏙᎯᏳ ( dohiyu )
Chickasaw: kani̠hka̠
Chinese:
Cantonese: 好 ( hou 2 ) , 非常 ( fei 1 soeng 4 )
Dungan: хын ( hɨn ) , -дихын ( -dihɨn ) ( complement ) , дин ( din ) , йүә ( yüə )
Mandarin: 很 (zh) ( hěn ) , 太 (zh) ( tài ) , 非常 (zh) ( fēicháng ) , 超 (zh) ( chāo )
Min Nan: 真 (zh-min-nan) ( chin )
Wu: 蠻 , 蛮 ( 'me ) , 老 ( lau )
Crimean Tatar: çoq
Czech: velmi (cs)
Danish: meget (da) , særlig , vældig (da)
Dutch: zeer (nl) , heel (nl) , erg (nl)
Elfdalian: stur-
Esperanto: tre (eo)
Estonian: väga (et)
Faroese: sera , ógvuliga , óføra
Finnish: hyvin (fi) , todella (fi) , erittäin (fi) , kovin (fi) , tosi (fi)
French: très (fr)
Galician: moi
Georgian: ძალიან ( ʒalian ) , ძლიერ ( ʒlier ) , ძალზე ( ʒalze )
German: sehr (de) , ganz (de) , wahrlich (de)
Alemannic German: schüüli
Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 ( filu )
Greek: πολύ (el) ( polý )
Ancient: λίαν ( lían ) , πάνυ ( pánu ) , μάλα ( mála ) , ἀγα- ( aga- )
Greenlandic: assut
Guaraní: -ete
Haitian Creole: anpil
Hebrew: מאוד \ מְאֹד ‎ (he) ( me'ód )
Hindi: बहुत (hi) ( bahut )
Hopi: a'ni m , hin'ur f
Hungarian: nagyon (hu)
Icelandic: mjög (is) , ákaflega , afar , ( colloquial ) ógeðslega , ( colloquial ) voða , ýkja , ( obsolete ) fjarska , einkar
Ido: tre (io)
Indonesian: sangat (id) , nian (id) , sekali (id)
Interlingua: multo
Irish: an- , ana- , iontach ( Ulster )
Italian: molto (it) , estremamente (it)
Japanese: とても (ja) ( totemo ) , かなり (ja) ( kanari ) , 非常に (ja) ( ひじょうに, hijō ni ) , 凄く ( すごく, sugoku ) , 大変 (ja) ( たいへん, taihen ) , 大分 ( だいぶ, daibu ) , 随分 (ja) ( ずいぶん, zuibun ) , ずっと (ja) ( zutto ) , めちゃ ( mecha ) , めっちゃ ( metcha ) ( slang, from Kansai dialect ) , 超 (ja) ( ちょう, chō ) ( slang ) , ばり ( bari ) ( Hakata dialect ) , つるつる ( tsuru tsuru ) ( Fukui dialect ) , なまら (ja) ( namara ) ( Hokkaido dialect ) , どえらい、でら ( doerai, dera )
Kabyle: aṭas
Kannada: ಬಹಳ (kn) ( bahaḷa ) , ತುಂಬಾ (kn) ( tumbā )
Karachay-Balkar: бек ( bek )
Karakhanid: اَيِغْ ‎ ( ayïɣ )
Kashubian: barô
Kazakh: аса ( asa ) , өте (kk) ( öte ) , ерен ( eren )
Khanty:
Kazym: шєӈк ( šêňk )
Khmer: ណាស់ (km) ( nah )
Korean: 아주 (ko) ( aju ) , 매우 (ko) ( mae'u ) , 너무 (ko) ( neomu ) , 굉장히 (ko) ( goengjanghi )
Kumyk: кёп ( köp ) , оьтесиз ( ötesiz ) , бек ( bek )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زۆر ‎ (ku) ( zor )
Northern Kurdish: gelek (ku) , pir (ku)
Kyrgyz: абдан (ky) ( abdan ) , өтө (ky) ( ötö )
Ladin: scialdi , drë , stra
Ladino: muy
Lao: ຈັດ ( chat ) , ຄະເຍີ ( kha nyœ̄ ) , ຄັນ (lo) ( khan ) , ຈຸ່ນພູ່ນ ( chun phūn ) , ຈ້າ ( chā ) , ຫຼາຍ ( lāi )


Latin: use superlative adjective , maximē (la) , summē , valdē , per-
Latvian: ļoti (lv) , gluži , visai
Laz: dido
Lezgi: гзаф ( gzaf ) , лап ( lap )
Lithuanian: labai (lt)
Luxembourgish: ganz
Macedonian: многу (mk) ( mnogu ) , мошне ( mošne )
Malay: sangat (ms)
Malayalam: വളരെ (ml) ( vaḷare )
Maltese: ħafna (mt)
Manchu: ᡠᠮᡝᠰᡳ ( umesi )
Maori: tino (mi)
Mbyá Guaraní: vaipa
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: жинхэнэ (mn) ( jinhene ) , үнэн (mn) ( ünen ) , вѐома
Navajo: ayóo , tʼóó báhádzigo
Neapolitan: assai , nu sacco
Nepali: एकदमै ( ekdamai )
Ngazidja Comorian: halisi , ha kuu , kaɓisa
Northern Sami: hui
Norwegian:
Bokmål: veldig (no) , meget (no)
Nynorsk: veldig , ovleg
Occitan: fòrça (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: ѕѣло ( dzělo ) , зѣло ( zělo ) , вельми ( velĭmi ) , вьсьма ( vĭsĭma ) , мъного ( mŭnogo )
Old East Slavic: вельми ( velĭmi ) , вьсьма ( vĭsĭma )
Old English: swīþe
Old Portuguese: mui , muito
Old Turkic: 𐰪𐰃𐰍 ‎ ( ńiǧ /ańïɣ/ )
Oriya: ବହୁତ (or) ( bôhutô )
Ossetian: тынг ( tyng ) , иттӕг ( ittæg )
Pashto: ډېر ‎ (ps) ( ḍer )
Persian: بسیار ‎ (fa) ( besiyâr ) , خیلی ‎ (fa) ( xeyli )
Plautdietsch: sea
Polish: bardzo (pl) , wielce (pl)
Portuguese: muito (pt) ; assaz (pt) ( chiefly archaic )
Punjabi: ਬਹੁਤ pl ( bahut )
Romanian: foarte (ro)
Romansch: fitg
Russian: о́чень (ru) ( óčenʹ ) , весьма́ (ru) ( vesʹmá ) , изря́дно (ru) ( izrjádno ) , дю́же (ru) ( djúže ) ( colloquial ) , зело́ (ru) ( zeló ) ( archaic ) , вельми́ (ru) ( velʹmí ) ( archaic )
Rusyn: барз ( barz )
Sanskrit: अति- ( áti- )
Scots: gey , unco , vera
Scottish Gaelic: glè , ro , fìor
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вр̏ло
Roman: vȑlo (sh) , vèoma (sh)
Seri: áa
Sinhalese: හරි ( hari ) , හුඟක් ( huⁿgak )
Slovak: veľmi (sk) , mnoho
Slovene: zeló (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wjelgin
Upper Sorbian: jara , wulce
Spanish: muy (es)
Svan: გუნ ( gun )
Swahili: sana
Swedish: mycket (sv) , väldigt (sv) , jätte- (sv)
Sylheti: ꠛꠃꠔ ( bout )
Tagalog: talaga , talagang , sobra , sobrang
Tajik: бисёр (tg) ( bisyor ) , хеле (tg) ( xele )
Tamil: மிகவும் (ta) ( mikavum ) , ரொம்ப (ta) ( rompa ) , மிக (ta) ( mika )
Tatar: бик (tt) ( bik )
Telugu: చాలా (te) ( cālā )
Thai: มาก (th) ( mâak ) , แสน (th) ( sɛ̌ɛn )
Tibetan: ཞེ་དྲགས ( zhe drags )
Tocharian B: tsamo , tanki
Turkish: çok (tr) , pek (tr)
Turkmen: örän
Tuvan: аажок ( aajok ) , адак ( adak ) , дыка ( dıka ) , дэндии ( dendii ) , чүдек ( çüdek )
Ukrainian: ду́же (uk) ( dúže ) , ве́льми ( vélʹmy )
Urdu: بَہُت ‎ ( bahut )
Uyghur: بەك ‎ ( bek ) , ناھايىتى ‎ ( nahayiti )
Uzbek: oʻlgunday (uz) , oʻlguncha (uz) , juda (uz) , gʻoyatda (uz)
Vietnamese: rất (vi) ( placed before the word to intensify ) , lắm (vi) ( placed after the word to intensify ) , quá (vi)
Volapük: vemo (vo)
Welsh: iawn (cy)
West Frisian: tige , frij
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Wolof: lool (wo)
Yakut: олус ( olus ) , наһаа ( nahaa ) , бэрт ( bert )
Yiddish: זייער ‎ ( zeyer )
Zazaki: zaf , hol (diq)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can


Armenian: իսկական (hy) ( iskakan )
Bikol Central: marhay (bcl)
Catalan: veramente
Czech: skutečně (cs)
Danish: aller (da) ( with a superlative )
Dutch: echt (nl) , uiterst (nl)
Finnish: kaikkein (fi)
French: vraiement
Georgian: ნამდვილად ( namdvilad )
German: wahrlich (de)
Hungarian: igazán (hu) , teljesen (hu) , pontosan (hu) , szakasztott , egy az egyben
Indonesian: benar-benar (id)
Italian: davvero (it)
Japanese: 本当 (ja) ( ほんとう, hontō ) , 実に ( じつに, jitsu ni )
Javanese: tenan


Korean: 정말 (ko) ( jeongmal )
Latin: vērē (la)
Latvian: īsti
Laz: mtilana
Macedonian: нај- ( naj- )
Norwegian: veldig (no) , aller (no)
Polish: naprawdę (pl) , prawdziwie (pl)
Portuguese: de facto (pt) ( Portugal ) , de fato (pt) ( Brazil )
Russian: са́мый (ru) ( sámyj )
Scots: gey , unco , vera
Scottish Gaelic: fìor
Seri: áa
Slovak: naozaj
Spanish: verdaderamente (es)
Swedish: allra (sv) ( with a superlative ), sann (sv) ( archaic )
Tagalog: talaga , talagang


Danish: aller- ( with a superlative )
Finnish: todella (fi)


Hungarian: leges-
Slovak: úplne
Swedish: allra (sv)


Basque: (please verify ) guztiz , (please verify ) txit , (please verify ) arrunt , (please verify ) oso (eu) , (please verify ) hagitz , (please verify ) net (eu) , (please verify ) biziki , (please verify ) zeharo
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: (please verify ) یەکجار ‎ ( yekcar )


Mandarin: (please verify ) 非常 (zh) ( fēicháng )
Turkish: (please verify ) tam (tr)
Welsh: (please verify ) reit






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