Very crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Very” are SAME, REAL or JUST, with 4 letters. Below are 108 answers from 3 to 14 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

ONE 3 letters · adjective

(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier “that is one fine dog”

SAME 4 letters · adjective

same in identity “the same man I saw yesterday”

RIGHT 5 letters · adjective

(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier “a right fine day”

REALLY 6 letters · adverb

used to give emphasis “a really enjoyable evening”

PRECISE 7 letters · adjective

sharply exact or accurate or delimited “a precise mind”

RATTLING 8 letters · adverb

used to give emphasis “a rattling good yarn”

IDENTICAL 9 letters · adjective

being the exact same one; not any other: “this is the identical room we stayed in before”

PROSPEROUS 10 letters · adjective

very lively and profitable “a prosperous new business”

APPROXIMATE 11 letters · adjective

very close in resemblance “sketched in an approximate likeness”

OVERWHELMING 12 letters · adjective

very strong; urgently felt “overwhelming joy”

PRECIPITOUSLY 13 letters · adverb

very suddenly and to a great degree “conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate”

INDESTRUCTIBLE 14 letters · adjective

very long lasting

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, SAME, REAL, JUST, MOST, EVER and HARD all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SAME · R → REAL · J → JUST · M → MOST · E → EVER · H → HARD. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, RIGHT, SMALL, EARLY, LIGHT, FRESH and TOUGH all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → RIGHT · S → SMALL · E → EARLY · L → LIGHT · F → FRESH · T → TOUGH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, ONE, NEW, OLD, BAD, FAR and LOW all fit. The first letter settles most of it: O → ONE, OLD · N → NEW · B → BAD · F → FAR · L → LOW. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “very” means

• adjective: precisely as stated (“the very center of town”)
• adjective: being the exact same one; not any other: (“on this very spot”)
• adverb: used to give emphasis (“she was very gifted”)
• adverb: precisely so (“on the very next page”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as VERY, and words whose definition is VERY. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.