not very
Far from, not at all, the opposite of
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Main Entry: ↑very
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not very phrase
used before adjectives and adverbs for saying that something is only slightly true or that it is not true at all
Victor’s suggestions were not very helpful.
The next four years were not very happy ones.
The house is not very large, but extremely comfortable.
In the end she greeted me, but not very politely.
Peggy’s not very good at singing, is she
(=a polite way of saying she is bad at it)?
Thesaurus: slightly, to some degree and not completelysynonym
Main entry: very
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Isee very
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1) in a low degree
"Bad news?" "Not very."
2) far from being
I'm not very impressed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.