gradable

VERY + adjective

A1, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, gradable, modify

In the English Grammar Profile, A1 point 13 in the category of ADVERBS / phrases:
‘very’ to modify common gradable adjectives.

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A2, ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, degree, emphasis, gradable, intensity

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 32 in the category of ADJECTIVES/modifying:

adverbs of degree (‘really’, ‘so’, ‘quite’) with an increasing range of common gradable adjectives.

*what an increasing range is exactly is quite amiguous.

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