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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Slowly, ever so slowly, the Sierra Space Dream Chaser spaceplane draws near the International Space Station.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
That number will rise ever so slightly, as the company will give three lucky Americans a chance to join the exclusive club and win a flight on the blimp.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
With a pink-beige lip liner, my lips appear ever so slightly fuller.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 26 Dec. 2024
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.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Leonard David, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
That number will rise ever so slightly, as the company will give three lucky Americans a chance to join the exclusive club and win a flight on the blimp.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
With a pink-beige lip liner, my lips appear ever so slightly fuller.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 26 Dec. 2024
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.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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