very much
idiom
1
—used for emphasis
The company is still very much an important part of the community.
She is very much in control of the situation.
2
: to a very great degree or extent
Thank you very much.
Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.
—often used in negative statementsI didn't like the food very much.
"Did you like the movie?" "Not very much."
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 June 2025
Water From Your Eyes don’t sound very much like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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And yet, despite being very much flesh and blood, Claire does turn out to be, in her own way, a ghost.
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So the preparation really is very much the memorization because these medical terms and the procedures are so foreign to me.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 June 2025
Water From Your Eyes don’t sound very much like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
And yet, despite being very much flesh and blood, Claire does turn out to be, in her own way, a ghost.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 12 June 2025
So the preparation really is very much the memorization because these medical terms and the procedures are so foreign to me.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for very much
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“Very much.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/very%20much. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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