ever so

Adverb

Meaning

(intensifier for adjectives) very

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Examples

For 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

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