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

Like Joni Mitchell Singing Her Song 'California' Certainly, Seyfried has shown off her vocal skills over the years in a way that is very much not lacking, including as Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! —Staff Author, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025

Building a football culture from not very much seems like a daunting prospect, but Pomroy does not seem too intimidated. —Nick Miller, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

Still, Naz, whose solitary ways confuse his family, very much wishes that Aziza wasn’t meeting his adamantine mother, Claudine (LaTanya Richardson Jackson), or his famous father, or his ex-state-senator older brother, Junior (Glenn Davis), recently incarcerated for embezzling campaign funds. —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025

My first book was very much about championing other people, and this one is very personal and very much focused on me. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for very much

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