Sentence:  There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, <WSD>really</WSD> was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;nb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).