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    oh-so

    adverb

    • 1. extremely: informal "their oh-so ordinary lives"

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  2. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 26456What is the exact meaning of the "oh so <adjective>" idiom?

    May 22, 2011 · The "oh" in the expression gives the added sense of a sigh or gasp (depending on context), heightening the emotional content of the expression. We would therefore interpret oh-so-lonely as something like "so lonely it made me sigh", and oh-so-clever as "so clever it made me gasp".

  3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishoh-so - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Definition of oh-so adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › oh-sooh-so - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Sep 1, 2023 · Usually joined with the following adjective or adverb with a hyphen. Categories: English lemmas. English adjectives. English uncomparable adjectives. English multiword terms.

  5. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › oh_sooh so - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Nov 20, 2022 · very, extremely (often ironic) Anagrams. [ edit] SOHO, SoHo, Soho, oohs, shoo, soho. Categories: English compound terms. English terms with IPA pronunciation. English lemmas. English adverbs. English uncomparable adverbs. English multiword terms. English terms with quotations.

  6. ludwig.guru › s › oh+sooh so | English examples in context | Ludwig

    "oh so" is a perfectly acceptable expression in written English. You can use it to emphasize something, usually in the negative. For example, you could say "I had oh so many problems with that car." exact ( 59 ) But OH so true. 1. Huffington Post. "Oh so much more. 2. Independent. Oh so many times. 3. The New York Times. Oh so close. 4.

  7. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 80534What is the history of the oh-so-common English phrase, "come...

    come off it Stop acting or speaking foolishly or pretentiously, as in Oh come off it! you're no smarter than they are. This term, often used as an imperative, dates from the late 1800s, when it was usually put simply as come off .

  8. www.wordhippo.com › what-is › another-word-forWhat is another word for oh-so - WordHippo

    Find 982 synonyms for oh-so and other similar words that you can use instead from our thesaurus.