ever so
To great extent
Ever so is an intensifier meaning very or extremely, used mainly in British English: I'm ever so grateful, She was ever so kind to help.
The phrase has a slightly old-fashioned, polite quality.
It also appears in ever so slightly and ever so often, meaning to a small degree or occasionally.
- exceedinglyTo extreme degree
- highlyTo great extent
- extremelyTo an intense degree
- quiteTo a notable degree
- wonderfullyIn an excellent manner
awfully · especially · frightfully · intensifier · dreadfully · beautifully · sweetly · charmingly · utterly · immensely · remarkably · particularly · very · greatly · terribly · delightfully · profoundly · rather
emphasis style
ever soin no way
Total absence of possibility
by no means · not at all · not in the least · far from · anything but
so, ever, however, forever, everyday, everyone, everywhere, everything, everybody