Definition of Ever so

1. Adverb. (intensifier for adjectives) very. "She was ever so friendly"

Exact synonyms: Ever
Language type: Intensifier, Intensive

Definition of Ever so

1. Adverb. (&lit ever so) ¹

2. Adverb. Very, extremely ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ever So

eventuation
eventuations
evenward
ever
ever-changing
ever-more
ever-present
ever-smoker
ever-smokers
ever-so-
ever and anon
ever and ever
ever since
ever smoker
ever smokers
ever so (current term)
everbearing
everbloomer
everbloomers
everblooming
everchanging
everclear
everduring
everfalling
everflowing
everglade
evergoing
evergreen
evergreen beech
evergreen bittersweet

Literary usage of Ever so

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"But if you were ever so just in your disapprobation, might you not have dealt more tenderly with me ..."

2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"and endures for ever. So thou art blasted, who sayst, • God blasts his own word,' and art to be cut down by the word of God for thy blasphemy. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1858)
"heroine is often little more than a name to which we are called upon to bow, as to a symbol representing beauty ; nn<3 if we ourselves (be we ever so ..."

4. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"of capturing enemy's property be ever so strictly limited, and the rule of free ships free goods be adopted, the right of visitation and search is essential ..."

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