That is pedantry. I understand your point, but when people say something is "very" unique, they mean it's not common, or is unusual in some way. "Slightly uniq

That is pedantry. I understand your point, but when people say something is "very" unique, they mean it's not common, or is unusual in some way. "Slightly unique" makes little sense, but "somewhat unique", while somewhat awkward, can mean "unique in some aspects, but not others". And if you want to be really pedantic, then you have to admit that most anything can be considered unique at fine enough levels of detail. But there is no point to calling something "unique" then; it loses meaning if everything is in fact unique. Uniqueness really is more of a spectrum, when applied to the real world.