Sentence:  In spite of the increase in numbers and prestige brought about by the conversions of Newman and other Tractarians of the 1840 's and 1850 's , the Catholic segment of England one hundred years ago was a <WSD>very</WSD> small one ( four per cent , or 800000 ) which did not enjoy a gracious hearing from the general public . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal