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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This time, Daniels had slapped Brunson’s finger ever so slightly.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Eternal Sunshine Hits One Year on the Charts This week, Eternal Sunshine dips ever so slightly on the Billboard 200.
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During the fall of 2019, in a lab in Wuhan, China, a cluster of atoms weighing less than one-trillionth of a gram mutated ever so slightly, cascading into the greatest disruption to human life in over a century.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Journey’s Greatest Hits Reaches a Major Billboard Milestone Journey’s Greatest Hits dips ever so slightly on the Billboard 200 this frame, falling from No. 77 to No. 79.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Eternal Sunshine Hits One Year on the Charts This week, Eternal Sunshine dips ever so slightly on the Billboard 200.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
During the fall of 2019, in a lab in Wuhan, China, a cluster of atoms weighing less than one-trillionth of a gram mutated ever so slightly, cascading into the greatest disruption to human life in over a century.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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