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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
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The Very Next Day

What does the very mean?
  

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very is an intensifier in "the very next day". It has the effect of saying " exactly that day without delay", "not a day longer". Also: The very next thing he said shocked everyone.

  • very is an intensifier in "the very next day".
  • It has the effect of saying " exactly that day without delay", "not a day longer".
  • Also: The very next thing he said shocked everyone.
  • That was the very next thing he did.
  • It was on that very day that he got married.
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very is an intensifier in "the very next day". It has the effect of saying "exactly that day without delay", "not a day longer".

Also:

The very next thing he said shocked everyone.

That was the very next thing he did.
It was on that very day that he got married.

CJ

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