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

The inspiration for the garden is very much tied to that. —Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

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So far, tariffs have not hit the restaurant’s food budget very much. —Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2025

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Rhymes for very much

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