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

Or at least, so very much for a car that still very much resembles a Mustang. —Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

Born in 1932 in Manhattan, Mason was very much a product of the New York art scene. —Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025

Tuesday’s vote comes as San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie faces his biggest test with a controversial plan to construct taller, denser buildings with tens of thousands of new housing units, which San Francisco very much needs. —Janie Har, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025

The SoCal nu-metal act would re-emerge in September 2024 — things very much figured out — with the addition of Dead Sara co-founder Emily Armstrong sharing microphone duties with Mike Shinoda. —Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for very much

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