very much

English

Adverb

very much (not comparable)

1. Extremely. (Used to modify a verb. To modify an adjective or an adverb, very is used.)

   His two cousins are so very much alike.

   I am very much aware you'd very much like to see me again.

   That town was still very much a simple farming community, but something was very much the matter.

   ‘Did you enjoy your meal?‘ ‘Very much‘. ‘And did you find it innovative?’ ‘Yes, very much so.’

   I like very much almost any 40s film noir that you can think of and several more that you haven't even heard of yet.

2. Indeed.
   • 2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     An apparent first-half spitting contest between Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans provided unwanted controversy on a night when Ashley Young’s late winner kept Manchester United’s hopes of Champions League qualification very much alive.

Synonyms

• above a bit (Chester)
• a lot
• really

Related terms

• so much

Translations

extremely

• Catalan: molt (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 很 (zh) (hěn), 非常 (zh) (fēicháng)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: erittäin paljon
• French: beaucoup (fr)
• Galician: moi (gl), ben (gl), extremadamente
• Gallo: brav'ment
• German: sehr (de), schön (de)
• Greek: πολύ (el) (polý)

  Ancient: σφόδρα (sphódra)

• Hungarian: nagyon (hu)
• Italian: mille (it)
• Latin: multum (la), plūrimum (la), valdē, magnopere (la)
• Malayalam: വളരെയധികം (vaḷareyadhikaṁ)
• Ojibwe: naaniibowa
• Portuguese: muito (pt)
• Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu)
• Spanish: muy (es)
• Tocharian B: māka
• Tok Pisin: tumas

indeed — see indeed