Datapoint Chinese Pidgin English/Predicative adjectives

Velly appears to be used as default intensifers for gradable adjectives, like hóu in Cantonese, as in velly well which is used to translate Standard English 'well'.

Values

No copula

Example 20-15:
利士乜頓都乜治乞
Thisee mutton too muchee hard.
Thisee
dem
mutton
mutton
too
too
muchee
much
hard.
hard
This mutton is too hard.

Source: Tong 1862: VI.25

Example 20-106:
㕭口素椏鏬文喴(竹+厘)温
You houso alla man velly well?
You
2sg.poss
houso
house
alla
all
man
man
velly
very
well?
well
Is your family all well?

Source: Tong 1862: VI.72

Confidence:
Very certain