very: [13] Latin vērus meant ‘true’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European *wēros, source also of German wahr ‘true’, and it has also given English verdict, verify [14], verisimilitude [17], and veritable [15]). From it was derived Vulgar Latin *vērāius, which passed into English via Old French verai. Very was originally exclusively an adjective, meaning ‘true’. It was not used as an adverb, meaning ‘truly’, until the 14th century, and its modern role as an intensifier did not begin to emerge until the 15th century. => verdict, verify
very (adj.)
late 13c., verray "true, real, genuine," later "actual, sheer" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French verrai, Old French verai "true, truthful, sincere; right, just, legal," from Vulgar Latin *veracus, from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (source also of Italian vero), from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy" (cognates: Old English w?r "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true;" Old Church Slavonic vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief"). Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.
例文
1. The papers in maths and English are very testing.
数学の試験用紙と英語の試験用紙は難しい。
2.If your skin becomes red，sore or very scaly，consult your doctor.
肌が赤くなったり、かゆみが出たり、脱皮したりした場合は、医師に相談する。
3. Very likely he 'd told them he had American business interests.
彼はすでに彼らにアメリカの商業利益を持っていることを教えている可能性が高い。
4.There has been a very mixed reaction to the decision.
この決定に対する反応は非常に一致していない。
5.He had been behaving very meanly to his girlfriend.