Very

Special Adverb: Very

Sekilas Adverb of Degree

Adverb of degree merupakan adverb (kata keterangan) yang digunakan untuk menyatakan sampai seberapa jauh (tingkatan atau derajat) suatu kegiatan atau peristiwa.

Very

Very merupakan adverb of degree yang berarti “sangat”, digunakan untuk mengintensifkan arti pada pernyataan berdasarkan fakta.

Penggunaan Very

Very ditempatkan sebelum adjective (kata sifat) atau adverb.

very + adjective/adverb

Contoh Kalimat Very:

• The weather is very cold. (adjective)
• The boy kicked a soccer ball very hard. (adverb)
• She arranged the furniture very neatly. (adverb)

Not very dapat digunakan untuk memberikan konotasi negatif pada adjective maupun adverb.

not very + adjective/adverb

Contoh Kalimat Not Very:

• The tea was not very sweet. (adjective)
• The old man is not very kind. (adjective)
• He dressed not very tidy. (adverb)

Sinonim Very

Selain very, kata keterangan lain yang dapat digunakan antara lain sebagai berikut.

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extremely especially particularly pretty rather quite fairly rather not especially not particularly

Catatan:

Rather dapat positif mapun negatif tergantung dari adjective/adverb yang mengikuti.

Contoh Kalimat Rather:

• The worker was rather disloyal. (diikuti adjective, rather bersifat negative)
• My friend is rather wishy-washy. (diikuti adjective, rather bersifat positive)
• Winda sang a song rather tunefully. (diikuti adverb, rather bersifat positive)
• He stored the equipment rather untidily. (diikuti adverb, rather bersifat negative)