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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Her beach waves, reaching all the way down to her waist, stayed ever so slightly messy and yet somehow immaculate, as if the snow helped shape it to perfection like salt so effortlessly does.
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Marci Robin, Allure, 20 Jan. 2025
Lim is narrowing in on retirement after 10 years of police service, but wants out of North Korea ever so badly.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Quinoa also came out great—if not ever so slightly scorched on the bottom.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
Combine with a muscular beef broth thickened ever so slightly with flour, then top with slices of French bread and a shower of Gruyère.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Marci Robin, Allure, 20 Jan. 2025
Lim is narrowing in on retirement after 10 years of police service, but wants out of North Korea ever so badly.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Quinoa also came out great—if not ever so slightly scorched on the bottom.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 14 Jan. 2025
Combine with a muscular beef broth thickened ever so slightly with flour, then top with slices of French bread and a shower of Gruyère.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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