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Adjective very has 4 senses

very - precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
Antonym: imprecise (indirect, via precise)
identical, one and the same, 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"
Antonym: other (indirect, via same)
very - used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified; "his very name struck terror"; "caught in the very act"
Antonyms: potential, possible (indirect, via actual)
very - used to give emphasis; "the very essence of artistic expression is invention"- Irving R. Kaufman; "the very back of the room"
Antonym: relative (indirect, via absolute)

Adverbial very has 2 senses

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"
very - precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite"