Adverb
(intensifier for adjectives) very
Source: WordNetFor no syren did ever so charm the ear of the listener, as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the syren. Henry Taylor
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens
Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible. Virginia Woolf
There is no dog, be he ever so wicked, but wags his tail. Italian Proverb
Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground. Malay Proverb
You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night. Danish Proverb