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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After Hours, which preceded Hurry Up Tomorrow by a few years, climbs ever so slightly on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Albums chart this time around, pushing two spaces to No. 30.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
February's jobs numbers showed a labor market starting, ever so slightly, to contract.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
This tour seems to have a smaller number of cast members than previous productions that have made their way here, making the promenades ever so slightly less pageantry-impressive.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
The storm system has been swirling ever so slowly west toward the Queensland capital of Brisbane, prompting cyclone warnings along a stretch of coast home to around 4 million people.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
February's jobs numbers showed a labor market starting, ever so slightly, to contract.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
This tour seems to have a smaller number of cast members than previous productions that have made their way here, making the promenades ever so slightly less pageantry-impressive.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
The storm system has been swirling ever so slowly west toward the Queensland capital of Brisbane, prompting cyclone warnings along a stretch of coast home to around 4 million people.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Ever so.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ever%20so. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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