Every vs Very - What's the difference?
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All of a countable group, without exception.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every' tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met ' every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
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True, real, actual.
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*Bible, (w) xxvii. 21
*:whether thou be my very son Esau or not
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
*(Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
*:I looked on the consideration of public service or public ornament to be real and very justice.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
*{{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
, passage=The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.}}
The same; identical.
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*:Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
With limiting effect: mere.
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*:We have many examples in our daies, yea in very children, of such as for feare of some slight incommoditie have yeelded unto death.
To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
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*:Then his sallow face brightened, for the hall had been carefully furnished, and was very clean. ¶ There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
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As a determiner every
is all of a countable group, without exception.As a proper noun Every
is {{surname|lang=en}.As an adjective very is
true, real, actual.As an adverb very is
to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.every
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Alternative forms
* ev’ry (poetic) * euery (obsolete)Determiner
(en determiner)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
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* eachAntonyms
* noDerived terms
* a chicken in every pot * each and every * every bit * everybody * every cloud has a silver lining * every dog has its day * every five minutes * every last * every little helps * every man for himself * every man Jack, every man jack * every nook and cranny * everyone * every other * every second * every so often * everything * every time * everywhere * every which way * every which where * hang on someone's every word * there are two sides to every question * there is an exception to every rule * worth every pennySee also
* all * eachStatistics
*very
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(wikipedia very)Adjective
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*Adverb
(-)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
