very much

idiom

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 Sweden’s capital, set where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea, is a landscape very much defined by its waterways. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025

Weary from the public fixation on his body, which threatened to overshadow the music itself, D’Angelo disappeared into years of grief and addiction, popping up for the occasional feature, though remaining very much in the bunker. —Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025

Approaching a dramatic role is very much occupying that character from the inside, finding the emotional truth of it rather than doing a kind of impression of that character. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025

And at the top of this new run, things are still very much up in the air for the FBI and its JOC. —Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for very much

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