ever so

1. 1.

   (intensifier for adjectives) very

   “she was ever so friendly”

   Synonymsever

   intensifier

Questions about ever so

What does ever so mean?

ever so means "(intensifier for adjectives) very".

What is another word for ever so?

Close synonyms include ever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ever so a common word?

ever so is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.