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

For the second time in four seasons, Boone is set to manage the Yankees on an expiring contract, leaving his future beyond 2027 very much up in the air. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

While that debate rages on, what is clear is Meta's own lab, which is now very much pumping out frontier-level models , isn't being valued anywhere near the levels of Anthropic and OpenAI. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

General Motors is still very much in the business of selling gas-guzzling trucks and massive SUVs. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026

The renovation is still very much front and center of the Frick. — Eliza Jordan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for very much

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