ever so

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[edit] English

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[edit] Alternative spellings

ever-so-, everso

[edit] Adverb

ever so (not comparable)

Positive
ever so

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. Very, extremely
    • 1823: John Howard Payne -- Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
    • 2002: S. K. Elkins (poster on Harry Potter for Grownups Yahoogroup), re: Draco Malfoy Is Ever So Lame. Yet Sympathetic. And Dead, Too (read at [[1]] on 13 May 2006) - How bad is Voldemort? Ever so bad!

[edit] Usage notes

  • Ever so is sometimes not an adverbial phrase as defined above, but merely a juxtaposition of the two adverbs ever and so, with ever modifying a preceding verb and so intensifying a following adjective.
  • 2003: Peter Lee, Halcyon days: How to lose a war in a week - Were ironic quotation marks ever so deserved?

[edit] Anagrams

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