a priori vs very

a priori

adj
  • Presumed without analysis. 

  • Self-evident, intuitively obvious. 

  • Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. 

  • Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages. 

adv
  • In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. 

very

adj
  • With limiting effect: mere. 

  • The same; identical. 

  • True, real, actual. 

adv
  • Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true. 

  • Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect. 

  • To a great extent or degree. 

How often have the words a priori and very occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )