very much

phrase

1

—used for emphasis

The company is still very much an important part of the community.

She is very much in control of the situation.

2

: to a very great degree or extent

Thank you very much.

Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.

—often used in negative statements

I didn't like the food very much.

"Did you like the movie?" "Not very much."

Examples of very much in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But analysts such as London and Malick don’t see anything coming as severe as the housing collapse that triggered the 2008 Great Recession, or even very much negative about the current situation. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

The similarly incisive Black Money for White Nights, by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, is very much cut from the same cloth, set in the same post-Soviet black-market economy where everyone is on the take. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026

But by staying handheld and subjectively discovering a scene with a character and then learning who the character that’s driving the scene is sometimes very much from the perspective of another character and then landing on moments. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Mangione is very much alive to this day and awaiting his federal trial, which was recently postponed to January 2027. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Rhymes for very much

• insomuch
• overmuch
• clutch
• crutch
• cutch
• dutch
• hutch
• mutch
• such
• touch
• nonesuch
• retouch