Examples

"the idea is so obvious" "never been so happy" "I love you so" "my head aches so!"

Used in print

One might have expected that such a violent epoch of transition would have destroyed the creative flair of a composer , especially one whose works were so fluent and spontaneous .

This is precisely what makes lucid , straightforward music so difficult to compose - the clarity must be new , not old '' .

When Prokofieff forged his new clarity of `` lucid , straightforward music , so difficult to compose '' , he shaped his talents to his purpose .

Because the body contains so much liquid , transmission of ultrasonic signals proceeds fairly well in muscles and blood_vessels .

Oersted 's boyhood represented a minimal chance of either attaining greatness or serving his people so well and over so long a span of life .

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intensifier

Examples

"he stooped down so he could pick up his hat"

Used in print

It is they , of_course , who keep it alive and preserve it so the same spirit will continue to be present in the Corps for future recruits to find as they come into it .

At_first each child should do a kick_up by himself so that the teacher can determine those ready to work alone , and those who need help .

Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA 's facilities register so that the small business_concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small_Business_Administration .

The credit requirements stipulate that the applicant must have the ability to operate the business successfully and have enough capital in the business so that , with loan assistance from the SBA , it will be able to operate on a sound financial basis .

The antenna patterns and the power gain at the peak of the beam were both measured ( Mayer , McCullough , and Sloanaker , 1958 b ) , so that the absolute power sensitivity of the antenna beam over the solid_angle of the moon was known .

Examples

"They're happy and I hope they will remain so" "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets"

Used in print

And so it was over the weekend what with 40 - year old Warren_Spahn pitching his no-hit masterpiece against the Giants and the Giants ' Willie_Mays retaliating with a record tying 4 - homer spree Sunday .

If so , it might be worth_while to assign a future jazz show to a different department - one with enough confidence in the musical material to cut_down on the number of performers and give them a_little room to display their talents .

Almost every film bearing the imprimatur of Hollywood is physically authentic - in_fact , impeccably so .

In doing so science has unquestionably cleared_up widespread misconceptions , removed extraneous and illusory sources of fear , and dispelled many undesirable popular superstitions .

We are left helpless to cope_with it because we do not dare speak of it as anything real for fear that to do so would imply a commitment to that which has already been discredited and proved false .

Synonyms

truthful

Examples

"I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so" "a truthful statement"

Used in print

In the work of every artist , I suppose , there may be found one or more moments which strike the student as absolutely decisive , ultimately emblematic of what it is all about ; not less strikingly so for being mysterious , as though some deeply hidden constatation of thoughts were enciphered in a single image , a single moment .

This is especially so if the dog , cat or monkey are to be used , in_view_of their marked anatomical differences from man .

If so , then it is clear that in saying the suffering was bad we are not expressing our feelings only .

If we were asked why we thought so , we should say that these things involve great evil and are wrong , and that to take delight in what is evil or wrong is plainly unfitting .

`` So , we have_to protect the old_man for his own good .

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true

Examples

"I can only go so far with this student" "can do only so much in a day"

Used in print

As you can see , in this Push-Pull_Super_Set the entire chest back shoulder area is vigorously exercised in alternate sectors by alternate exercises , so the complete torso remains pumped-up all_the_time !

Examples

"I was offended and so was he" "worked hard and so did she"

Used in print

Barstow concluded that as Rhode_Island 's John_Brown became a canonized hero , if not a saint , so would it be with John_Brown of Harper_'s_Ferry .

As I grew older and was promoted , so was he , always where I was .

Synonyms

thus thusly

Examples

"hold the brush so" "set up the pieces thus" (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)

Used in print

Depicted , Cubist flatness is now almost completely assimilated to the literal , undepicted kind , but at_the_same_time it reacts upon and largely transforms the undepicted kind - and it does so , moreover , without depriving the latter of its literalness ; rather , it underpins and reinforces that literalness , re-creates it .

In_the_end , Picasso and Braque plumped_for the representational , and it would seem they did so deliberately .

Examples

"he was so tired he could hardly stand" "so dirty that it smells"

Used in print

`` When the roles of husband and wife are reversed , so that the wife becomes leader and the husband follower '' , Dr._Linden says , `` the effects on their whole relationship , sexual and otherwise , can be disastrous '' .

Synonyms

then and_then and_so

Examples

"then he left" "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"

Synonyms

indeed

Examples

"they said the car would break down and indeed it did" "it is very cold indeed" "was indeed grateful" "indeed, the rain may still come" "he did so do it!"

Synonyms

in_order

Examples

"everything is in order" "his books are always just so" "things must be exactly so"

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systematic

Synonyms

soh sol

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solfa_syllable