VERY + adjective – English Grammar Profiler

The adverb ‘very’ can be used to modify common gradable adjectives. Gradable adjectives are adjectives that can be intensified or moderated and have different degrees. For example, the adjective ‘happy’ is gradable because you can be a little happy, quite happy, or very happy.

When ‘very’ is used before a gradable adjective, it intensifies the meaning of the adjective. Here are some examples:

• Very cold: The word ‘cold’ is a gradable adjective because something can be a bit cold, quite cold, or extremely cold. When we say it’s ‘very cold’, we mean it’s extremely cold.
• Very tall: The word ‘tall’ is a gradable adjective because someone can be a little tall, quite tall, or extremely tall. When we say someone is ‘very tall’, we mean they are extremely tall.
• Very happy: The word ‘happy’ is a gradable adjective because someone can be a little happy, quite happy, or extremely happy. When we say someone is ‘very happy’, we mean they are extremely happy.

So, the adverb ‘very’ is used to emphasize the degree of the adjective and express that something has a high degree of a certain quality.

An iWeb search for:

very _JJ .

1 VERY GOOD.

54946

He looks very good.

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2 VERY IMPORTANT. 36690 3 VERY HELPFUL. 32475

4 VERY NICE. 21400

5 VERY DIFFERENT. 19176 6 VERY INTERESTING. 18698 7 VERY SIMPLE. 15550 8 VERY USEFUL. 15193 9 VERY EASY. 14918 10 VERY DIFFICULT. 14601 11 VERY HAPPY. 14038 12 VERY HIGH. 12947 13 VERY EXPENSIVE. 12359 14 VERY COMFORTABLE. 12137 15 VERY LOW. 10980 16 VERY SIMILAR. 10771 17 VERY EFFECTIVE. 10005 18 VERY SMALL. 9857 19 VERY STRONG. 9105 20 VERY COOL. 8280 21 VERY POPULAR. 8059 22 VERY PLEASED. 7237 23 VERY FRIENDLY. 7097 24 VERY CLOSE. 7058 25 VERY CLEAR. 6832 26 VERY IMPRESSIVE. 6737 27 VERY LIMITED. 6612 28 VERY RARE. 6611 29 VERY COMMON. 6394 30 VERY PROFESSIONAL. 6204 31 VERY INFORMATIVE. 5966 32 VERY POWERFUL. 5872 33 VERY CLEAN. 5850 34 VERY IMPRESSED. 5684 35 VERY DANGEROUS. 5623 36 VERY EXCITING. 5596 37 VERY SPECIAL. 5499 38 VERY TRUE. 5336 39 VERY FRUSTRATING. 5046 40 VERY REAL. 5028 41 VERY SUCCESSFUL. 4962 42 VERY SAD. 4902 43 VERY BAD. 4701 44 VERY YOUNG. 4634 45 VERY LARGE. 4530 46 VERY WELCOME. 4457 47 VERY POSITIVE. 4343 48 VERY DISAPPOINTED. 4250 49 VERY SLOW. 4224 50 VERY SMOOTH. 4051 51 VERY REWARDING. 3980 52 VERY POOR. 3978 53 VERY QUIET. 3828 54 VERY ACCURATE. 3821 55 VERY ATTRACTIVE. 3796 56 VERY WRONG. 3781 57 VERY DURABLE. 3724 58 VERY REASONABLE. 3672 59 VERY BUSY. 3660 60 VERY HOT. 3634 61 VERY HANDY. 3626 62 VERY AFFORDABLE. 3599 63 VERY EFFICIENT. 3592 64 VERY CONVENIENT. 3582 65 VERY EXCITED. 3559 66 VERY FUNNY. 3549 67 VERY STRANGE. 3505 68 VERY HARD. 3453 69 VERY SATISFIED. 3444 70 VERY PRETTY. 3266 71 VERY SERIOUS. 3232 72 VERY BEAUTIFUL. 3212 73 VERY COMPETITIVE. 3181 74 VERY PAINFUL. 3128 75 VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. 3122 76 VERY GRATEFUL. 3095 77 VERY ANNOYING. 3079 78 VERY DISAPPOINTING. 3068 79 VERY RELIABLE. 3040 80 VERY SHORT. 3023 81 VERY CAREFUL. 2877 82 VERY FAST. 2874 83 VERY CHEAP. 2869 84 VERY ENJOYABLE. 2846 85 VERY CHALLENGING. 2830 86 VERY VALUABLE. 2827 87 VERY PLEASANT. 2817 88 VERY QUICK. 2782 89 VERY CONFUSING. 2688 90 VERY TASTY. 2672 91 VERY LUCKY. 2669 92 VERY VERSATILE. 2646 93 VERY ACTIVE. 2570 94 VERY APPEALING. 2566 95 VERY COLD. 2512 96 VERY THIN. 2511 97 VERY SMART. 2446 98 VERY FLEXIBLE. 2423 99 VERY SAFE. 2417