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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Diddy also appeared to be oscillating ever so slightly in his chair; his back and head were moving with the almost imperceptible back-and-forth that comes with leg-tapping.
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Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 9 June 2025
The film is cold-bloodedly whimsical, asking the audience to root for a merciless man who endeavors, ever so incrementally, to understand some deeper human truths.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
The video shows the steaming pool bubble ever so slightly before a bulb of steam and black mud shoots up from the geyser.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
Mike Milbury’s chaos gave way, ever so briefly, to Charles Wang’s committee approach in 2006.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
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Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 9 June 2025
The film is cold-bloodedly whimsical, asking the audience to root for a merciless man who endeavors, ever so incrementally, to understand some deeper human truths.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025
The video shows the steaming pool bubble ever so slightly before a bulb of steam and black mud shoots up from the geyser.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
Mike Milbury’s chaos gave way, ever so briefly, to Charles Wang’s committee approach in 2006.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ever so
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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