Several of you have sent this link to me, so I think it must be one of your pet peeves. The subject is using other words instead of “very” all the time. The list sounds suspiciously like something Judge Judy would invent for the word “like,” which she chastises people for using every day.
This page might take a few seconds to load, but it contains quite a few alternatives to “very”:
http://www.proofreadingservices.com/pages/very
Enjoy!
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These two lovelies are from Katie Bennett.
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Well, if they’re going to ask you to waste, at least they’re polite about it.
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