very much

very much (comparative more very much, superlative most very much)

1. Extremely. (Used to modify a verb. To modify an adjective or an adverb, very is used.)
2. Indeed.
   • 2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)

     An apparent first-half spitting contest between Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans provided unwanted controversy on a night when Ashley Young’s late winner kept Manchester United’s hopes of Champions League qualification very much alive.

• a lot

• so much