"ever so" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɛvə(ɹ) ˌsoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ever so.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ever so (not comparable)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ever, so. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ever_so-en-adv-0P~oizt7
  2. Very, extremely Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ever_so-en-adv-iHzMw6GJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English intensifiers, English positive polarity items, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English intensifiers: 5 95 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92

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