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

Of all the peculiar assignments a newspaper reporter can undertake, writing advance obituaries for local notables who are still very much alive is one of the strangest. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 26 July 2026

One of the medical side effects of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new testosterone rule does not seem to be getting very much public attention. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026

And Oppenheimer fed very much into my reading of the story of Odysseus. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 24 July 2026

The snake robots are still very much research prototypes rather than operational tools for search and rescue. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Rhymes for very much

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