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

Put another way, yes, the Dodgers have a substantial and remunerative following in the Latino community, which is very much under siege. —Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025

The irony is that even while touting an automated future, the limits of AI often mean that humans are very much in the loop. —Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025

Their conflicts are universal and comprehensible but very specific, very much of the place where the characters live. —John Hopewell, Variety, 25 June 2025

Her daughter now steps in alongside her mother, but the overall Cora Sheibani aesthetic is very much based on an instinct for design nourished by formative years steeped in a rich artistic culture. —Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025

Rhymes for very much

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