ever so
idiom
informal
: very
Thank you ever so much.
I'm ever so glad that you got better.
The violin was ever so slightly out of tune.
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Sure, the solemnity of the opening grew ever so slightly sluggish, and slow parts of the finale were drawn out past the point of creating useful contrast.
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Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Then the head turned ever so slightly, and this tiny helpless creature seemed to be looking up at me.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
This could potentially lower your energy bill, if ever so slightly.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
The window to catch that bottom or anything near it was open ever so briefly before the stock was off to the races again.
—Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Then the head turned ever so slightly, and this tiny helpless creature seemed to be looking up at me.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
This could potentially lower your energy bill, if ever so slightly.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
The window to catch that bottom or anything near it was open ever so briefly before the stock was off to the races again.
—Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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