Meaning

adjective precisely as stated

adjective being the exact same one; not any other:

adverb used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal

originFrom Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērāx, derived from vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Distantly cognate with the Old English wǣr (“true”). Over time displaced the use of a number of Germanic words or prefixes to convey the sense 'very' such as fele, full-, mægen, sore, sin-,…

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