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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The spotlight tapered off ever so slightly in 2024.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Hidden in this gentle formulation is phytic acid, a naturally occurring AHA found in Japanese rice that ever so softly exfoliates, smoothing and evening the skin tone over time.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2025
With Meyer down and the ever so versatile Liam Eichenberg already on the player unable to perform list, the Dolphins looked mighty thin at center.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
That’s ever so slightly higher than the first-quarter figure of 100,326 but noticeably lower than the 116,813 registrations seen in the second quarter of 2024.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Hidden in this gentle formulation is phytic acid, a naturally occurring AHA found in Japanese rice that ever so softly exfoliates, smoothing and evening the skin tone over time.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2025
With Meyer down and the ever so versatile Liam Eichenberg already on the player unable to perform list, the Dolphins looked mighty thin at center.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
That’s ever so slightly higher than the first-quarter figure of 100,326 but noticeably lower than the 116,813 registrations seen in the second quarter of 2024.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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