very much
adverb
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
vehreemuhchSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈvɛɹiˈmʌtʃ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adverb
Extremely. (Used to modify a verb. To modify an adjective or an adverb, very is used.)
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Extremely. (Used to modify a verb. To modify an adjective or an adverb, very is used.)
Used this way, very much is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a grammar or language-study use: it describes how language works, so it appears in teaching and reference writing.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Formal
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Formal and precise
Where it naturally appears
- Academic writing
- Education/classroom
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
Comfortable in writing and prepared speech; in casual conversation a shorter everyday word usually sounds more natural.
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