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Sounds | sow' |
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Rhymes | Alonso, also, basso, and 17 more rhymes in sow at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Conforming to truth. |
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Examples | "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so" |
Synonyms | truthful |
Similar to | true |
Meaning | Marked by system. In good order. |
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Examples | "his books are always just so"; "things must be exactly so" |
Synonyms | in order |
Similar to | systematic |
Meaning | The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization. |
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Synonyms | sol, soh |
Broader | solfa syllable |
Meaning | To a very great extent or degree. |
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Examples | "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!" |
Usage | intensifier, intensive |
Meaning | In order that. |
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Examples | "he stooped down so he could pick up his hat" |
Meaning | In such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied. |
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Examples | "They're happy and I hope they will remain so"; "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets" |
Meaning | To a certain unspecified extent or degree. |
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Examples | "I can only go so far with this student"; "can do only so much in a day" |
Meaning | In the same way. Also. |
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Examples | "I was offended and so was he"; "worked hard and so did she" |
Meaning | In the way indicated. |
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Examples | "hold the brush so" |
Synonyms | thus, thusly |
Meaning | (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed. |
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Examples | "he was so tired he could hardly stand"; "so dirty that it smells" |
Meaning | Subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors). |
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Examples | "and so home and to bed" |
Synonyms | then, and so, and then |
Meaning | In truth (often tends to intensify). |
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Examples | "he did so do it!" |
Synonyms | indeed |