Words we can use instead of 'VERY'

 

'Very' is used before adverbs and adjectives to add emphasis. e.g: Rihanna is a very fast runner

When not to use 'very'?

Well, we cannot use 'very' before -ed forms in passive voice verb phrases with verbs such as enjoy, hate, know, like, love. Instead, we need to use 'very much' or 'very well'. e.g:

If you say, 'she is very liked at the office' it's wrong. Instead of this we can say, 'she is very much liked at the office'.

Can we use 'very' before comparatives?

NO. To add emphasis to comparative adverbs and adjectives, we need to use 'very much'. e.g: Your home is 'very much' bigger than I expected.

What about ungradable adjectives? Can we use 'very' before them?

Some of the adjectives like married, dead are absolute, that's why we do not usually use 'very' before these ungradable adjectives. e.g: We can say, 'Princess Daina is dead', but we should not say, 'Princess Daina is very dead'.

Where can we use 'not very'?

To soften a negative comment, we can use 'not very'. e.g: Miranda is usually not very punctual. 

Here is a list of a couple of words, which we can use instead of 'VERY'

- Very beautiful: exquisite

- Very fast: swift

- Very important: crucial

- Very clean: spotless

- Very dirty: filthy

- Very smelly: pungent

- Very messy: slovenly

- Very exciting exhilarating 

- Very tall: towering

- Very big: massive

- Very large: huge

- Very huge: colossal

- Very cheap: stingy

- Very expensive: costly

- Very confused: perplexed

- Very sleepy: lethargic 

- Very creative: innovative

- Very boring: dull

- Very crowded: bustling

- Very dangerous: perilous

- Very dear: cherished

- Very deep: profound

- Very confused: perplexed

- Very depressed: despondent

- Very worried: distressed

- Very sad: sorrowful

- Very happy: ecstatic

- Very glad: overjoyed

- Very unhappy: miserable

- Very upset: distraught

- Very warn: hot

- Very weak: frail

- very thin: gaunt

- Very fat: obese

- Very wet: soaked

- Very detailed: meticulous

- Very long: extensive

- Very short: brief

- Very different: disparate

- Very busy: swamped

- Very bright: luminous

- Very shiny: gleaming

- Very colorful: vibrant

- Very competitive: cutthroat

- Very complete: comprehensive

- Very hungry: starving

- Very hurt: battered

- Very old-fashioned: archaic

- Very open: transparent

- Very quick: rapid

- Very quite: hushed

- Very powerful: compelling

- Very noisy: deafening

- Very Rainy: pouring

- Very dry: parched

- Very cold: freezing

- Very well-to-do: wealthy

- Very poor: destitute

- Very rich: wealthy

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-K Himaanshu Shuklaa..