Very

As an adverb, very is used to make an adjective or adverb stronger, like in 'very big' or 'very quickly'. As an adjective, especially in older or formal English, it means exact or real, as in 'the very same day'.

From Old French 'verai', meaning 'true or real', from Latin 'verus' meaning 'true'. Its meaning softened from 'truly' to a general intensifier in everyday English.