【The use of the word "very"】 What does the word “very” mean in this sentence: companies have driven tech into every part of our lives, tracking our steps, and our very heartbeats.

Carmen Woo

Sep 9, 2018 8:35 AM

Answers · 5

Very can be used as an intensifier as in; He was very mad. meaning he was more mad than normal. It can also be used for emphasis or importance or to be specific. In this case I believe it is stressing the importance of tech in our lives even to the specific tracking of our very heartbeats.

September 9, 2018

I get it, thank you so much !

September 9, 2018

our very heartbeats = even our heartbeats, expressing surprise or similar, stressing the extent of the tracking into the most personal of spaces.

September 9, 2018

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