> using 'very' is perfectly fine, just try to limit it's use to once a sentence at the very minimum(no you can't swap very minimum for "the least" maybe "at the very least").
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I like to imagine it always being written in italics. If you don’t want it standing out and being very noticeable, then don’t use it at all.
I think the sentence can be read both ways (which is arguably worse): it's either "limit it to once a sentence, or limit it more" or "limit it to (once or more)".
Which goes to show that to communicate clearly a well-thought-out sentence structure is more important than fretting over the exact word to use.
You can swap "very minimum" for "minimum". The "very minimum" means "the extreme minimum" or the "true minimum". Well, a minimum is already an extreme; and absent reasons for believing otherwise, it's reasonable to assume that a speaker wants you to believe she is truthful.
You can use "very" simply for emphasis, rather like "literally" is often used; "I did my very best". If it's really being used just for emphasis, then you can delete the word "very", and simply set the following word in bold or somethiing.
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I like to imagine it always being written in italics. If you don’t want it standing out and being very noticeable, then don’t use it at all.