Ways to avoid using the word 'very'

Re:Ways to avoid using the word 'very' by sabbatic13 on Monday February 17, 2014 @12:51PM (#7253277)

How do you handle "fairly"? It is similarly polyvalent.

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Re:Ways to avoid using the word 'very' by aestra on Monday February 17, 2014 @02:23PM (#7253874)

I take fairly to mean less than pretty. Oh somewhat like "ok." or the newer word "meh."

Tone of voice and situation sometimes counts though.

In order:

fairly > pretty > [the word] > very

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