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So

adverb

1.

To a very great extent or degree. "Never been so happy" , "I love you so" , "My head aches so!"

2.

In a manner that facilitates. "He stooped down so he could pick up his hat"

3.

In such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied. "So live your life that old age will bring no regrets"

4.

To a certain unspecified extent or degree. "Can do only so much in a day"

5.

In the same way; also. "Worked hard and so did she"

6.

In the way indicated. Synonyms: thus, thusly. "Set up the pieces thus"

7.

(usually followed by 'that') to an extent or degree as expressed. "So dirty that it smells"

8.

Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors). Synonyms: and so, and then, then. "Go left first, then right" , "First came lightning, then thunder" , "We watched the late movie and then went to bed" , "And so home and to bed"

9.

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result. Synonyms: hence, thence, therefore, thus. "The eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory" , "We were young and thence optimistic" , "It is late and thus we must go" , "The witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"

10.

In truth (often tends to intensify). Synonym: indeed. "It is very cold indeed" , "Was indeed grateful" , "Indeed, the rain may still come" , "He did so do it!"

noun

1.

The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization. Synonyms: soh, sol.

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"So" Quotes from Famous Books

... promontory. He was forced to go more slowly. Wildfire had been close only as to sight. And this was the great canyon that dwarfed distance and magnified proximity. Climbing down and up, toiling on, he at last learned patience. He had seen Wildfire at close range. That was enough. So he plodded on, once more returning to careful regard of Nagger. It took an hour of work to reach the point ...

— The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories • Various

... "at a moment when time is so valuable you will pardon my directness. You are accompanying to Switzerland a lady who has placed ...

— The Valley of Decision • Edith Wharton

... very pretty," said Mr. Woodhouse. "So prettily done! Just as your drawings always are, my dear. I do not know any body who draws so well as you do. The only thing I do not thoroughly like is, that she seems to be sitting out of doors, with only a little shawl over her shoulders—and ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... Doctor Torvey so, sir," said he grimly; "he's the greatest tattler in the town. It was old Farmer Trebeck, who could buy and sell us all down here, who lent that money. Partly from good-will, but not without acknowledgment. He has my hand for the first, not worth much, ...

— J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

... were over, and the general joy became somewhat more tranquil, the Count withdrew with Valancourt to the library, where a long conversation passed between them, in which the latter so clearly justified himself of the criminal parts of the conduct, imputed to him, and so candidly confessed and so feelingly lamented the follies, which he had committed, that the Count was confirmed in his belief of all he had hoped; and, while he perceived so ...

— The Mysteries of Udolpho • Ann Radcliffe

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