| most | | |
| adj. | 1. most | (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.; "who has the most apples?"; "most people like eggs"; "most fishes have fins" |
| ~ superlative | an exaggerated expression (usually of praise).; "the critics lavished superlatives on it" |
| adj. | 2. most | the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree.; "made the most money he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the most of a bad deal" |
| ~ superlative | an exaggerated expression (usually of praise).; "the critics lavished superlatives on it" |
| adv. | 3. most, to the highest degree | used to form the superlative.; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake" |
| adv. | 4. most | very.; "a most welcome relief" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 5. about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" |
| very | | |
| adj. | 1. very | precisely as stated.; "the very center of town" |
| ~ precise | sharply exact or accurate or delimited.; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment" |
| adj. | 2. identical, selfsame, very | being the exact same one; not any other:.; "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" |
| ~ same | same in identity.; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street" |
| adv. | 3. rattling, real, really, very | used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" |
| adv. | 4. very | precisely so.; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very opposite" |
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