Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oh so

/ˈoʊsoʊ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English

Syllables: oh -so
IPA: /ˈoʊsoʊ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

very, extremely (often ironic)

Example Sentences

"His oh-so-witty (ugh) remarks on the loud hailer constitute one more proof that this instrument has minimal value on a pleasure boat."
"He is, reputedly, a dashing Casanova and receives oh so many letters from oh so many femmes."
"[…]it’s truly incredible how similar the Finder’s behaviors are today to that oh-so-crude yet oh-so-amazing Finder of 1984"
"there is something vulnerable-making about learning a language, when your normal ease of expression crumbles and you have to start again like a child acquiring speech for the first time, but oh, so much more slowly."

Etymology

From oh (interjection) + so (adverb).

Inflected Forms

oh-so (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce oh so?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊsoʊ/.
What does oh so mean?: very, extremely (often ironic)
Where does oh so come from?: From oh (interjection) + so (adverb).

How to pronounce oh so

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