not very meaning

• Far from, not at all, the opposite of

• very:    Adverb: very  ...
• at the (very) outside:    [American slang]at ...
• in very deed:    Of a truth, certai ...

Examples

1. his message was not very happily worded.
2. your attempts at sarcasm are not very happy.
3. he is not very good at getting his ideas across.
4. teaching is not very rewarding financially.
5. the electron is not very tied to the atom.