1.常见的可以修饰形容词最高级的副词有：much, far, by far, quite, nearly 和 easily 等等，例如：

much:

Nikolai's English was much the worst.

尼柯莱的英语糟糕透了。

She is much the most intelligent of them all.

她是他们中最聪明的。

Father came home from the pub very much the worse for drink.

父亲从酒吧回到家里，乱撒酒疯。

He arrived on January 9, disheveled and much the worse for wear.

他是1月9号到的，蓬头垢面，疲惫不堪。

Oscar, much the worse for vodka, did a striptease.

奥斯卡喝了伏特加后醉醺醺地跳起了脱衣舞。

striptease /ˈstrɪptiːz/ n.脱衣舞

far：

This hat is by far/much/nearly/almost/not nearly/by no means/not quite/nothing like/far the biggest。

这顶帽子是最大的。

The last of these reasons is by far the most important.

这些理由中最后一条比其他的重要得多。

far and away：

She's far and away the best player.

她是当之无愧的最佳选手。

He's still far and away the best we have.

他仍然是我们最最优秀的人才。

by far:

She is by far the oldest in the rm.

她是这家公司中年龄最大的。

It was by far the worst speech he had ever made.

这是他迄今发表过的最差的演讲。

The last of these reasons is by far the most important.

这些理由中最后一条比其他的重要得多。

I agree with you that the open system is by far the best.

我同意你的观点，开放的系统显然是最佳的。

By far the most important issue for them is unemployment

对他们来说最重要的无疑就是失业问题。

quite:

Flying is quite the best way to travel.

航空绝对是最佳旅行方式。

She’s quite the most amazing person I’ve ever met.

她是我见过的最了不起的人。

Flying is quite the best way to travel.

航空绝对是最佳旅行方式。

nearly:

I’m nearly the oldest in the class.

我几乎是班上年龄最大的。

easily:

It's easily the best play I've seen this year.

这无疑是我今年看过的最好的一出戏。

2.very可修饰最高级,但位置与much不同.

This is the very best./This is much the best.

这是最好的。/这是比较好的。

注意，very一般放the之后；且只能修饰屈折法构成的形容词最高级前面如biggest, best, worst,如：

They wanted the very best quality.

他们要最好的质量。

The very earliest sculptures were made under the influence of Greek art.

最早的雕塑作品受到了希腊艺术的影响。

以上2例摘自《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

I am feeling in the very best of spirits.

我感觉自己的精神状态绝佳。

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She’s the very worst cook I’ve ever encountered.

她是我见过的最糟糕的厨师。

另外要注意这两个用法：

There were 50 people there, at the very most.

那儿最多只有50个人。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

It'll take a year, at the very least.

这至少需要一年时间。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Very也可以用在the last和the first之间：

The very first canon of nursing is to keep the air inside as fresh as the air outside.

护理工作的首要原则是要保持室内空气像室外一样清新。

canon /ˈkænən/ n.标准;准则;原则;(某作家的)真作，精品;两重轮唱（或演奏）;(主教座堂的)咏礼司铎

From the very first days of the reforms, the parliament kept up an incessant drumbeat of protest.

从改革的第一天起，议会就不断施压予以抗议。

parliament /ˈpɑːrləmənt/ n.议会;国会;英国议会(包括下议院和上议院);(两次大选之间的)一届议会;一届议会的会期

He was eliminated in the very first round.

他在第一轮比赛中就被刷下来了。

She said it was the very last house on the road.

她说就是路边最后那间屋子。

Right from my very first day I seemed to be in everyone's good books.

自打第一天起，我好像就和每个人都很合得来。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

His very last paintings are perhaps the most puzzling.

他去世前的最后一批画作也许是最让人困惑的。

He's never late, but he often arrives at the very last moment.

他从不迟到，但他常常在最后一刻赶到。