Is 'very' needed?

[Tan Elaine]

Jack is very intelligent, (very) hardworking and (very) conscientious.

Would the meaning be the same if I remove 'very' from the bracketed words?

Thanks.

 

[Drear Pooson]

Not a teacher.

They prevent ambiguity.

 

[SoothingDave]

I would understand the "very" to distribute to all of the adjectives that follow. The sentence is awfully repetitive with three of them.

 

[Rover_KE]

I agree with Dave.

'Jack is hardworking, conscientious and very intelligent' would be the structure if he was not very hardworking or very conscientious.

Rover