very
Naija
Alternative forms
veri
Etymology
Borrowed from English very
Usage
Definition
Pronunciation
- ˈvɛri
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 169
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 90
- Frequency in raw corpus: 1395
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 273
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adverb
very
- sey someting dey well well.
- Very good. — (JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__122, Very good.)
- Very, very cheap. — (JOS_19_Bukuru_MG__52, Really, really cheap.)
- E dey very, very important. — (WAZA_08_Body-Matter_MG__10, It's really very important.)
- advmod (frequency:16)
Derived forms
Synonyms
well-well 0.52 994, well 0.45 6982
Antonyms
- sha 0.59 392, weather 0.54 161, well-well 0.52 994, too 0.48 3267, well- 0.47 7, always 0.45 1011, well 0.45 6982, proud 0.44 86, sometimes 0.44 599
Translations
- English: no definition
Adjective=
- Sey someting dey as dey talk sey e dey
- Make una hear every, every as I roger come knock una for dis very o'clock. — (WAZL_12_Chibok-Girls_M__4, You all should listen to everything. As I am here I am here to give you at this very hour.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: no definition