Sentence:  The lawyer did n't know him <WSD>very</WSD> well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer , like himself , Madden reflected , was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal