above-board vs very much

above-board

adv

  • Honestly; openly. 

adj

  • In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. 

very much

adv

  • Indeed. 

  • Extremely. (Used to modify a verb. To modify an adjective or an adverb, very is used.) 

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