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Definition not very in American English

not very phrase

phrase
1

used before adjectives and adverbs for saying that something is only slightly true or that it is not true at all

Example

Victor's suggestions were not very helpful.

Example

The next four years were not very happy ones.

Example

The house is not very large, but extremely comfortable.

Example

In the end she greeted me, but not very politely.

Example

Peggy's not very good at singing, is she (=a polite way of saying she is bad at it)?

Synonyms and related words
slightly fairly partly
Definition not very in American English