Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— to a high degree : EXCEEDINGLY
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Macmillan
— used for emphasizing that a quality exists or is true to a great degree
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Usage
190 uses of ‘very’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle