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

For those of us at max level, extra XP isn’t very much incentive. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

In January, in the new year that still feels very much like the old, gunmen enter a coal mine near the town of Mach, Balochistan, and identify ten ethnic Hazaras. —Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026

His second claim was partially accurate, insofar as riot police and plainclothes security forces, very much in evidence the night before, did appear to have temporarily withdrawn. —Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

But, yes, this is what that very much felt like, when Jaime would take over off the bench during the 14-7 start of the season. —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for very much

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