in this way; thus
while she was so employed
used as a substitute for a preceding word or word group
Do you really think so?
in the same way; also
I worked hard and so did she
correspondingly
As the wind increased, so the sea grew rougher
in such a way
The book is so written that a child could understand it
used to introduce the idea of purpose
He hid so as not to get caught
to such an extreme degree
had never been so happy
used to introduce a comparison
not so fast as mine
used to introduce a result
so fast that I couldn't keep up
very
I'm so glad you could come
to a definite but unspecified extent or degree
We can only do so much in a day
most certainly; indeed
I hope to win and so I shall
therefore; consequently
The witness is biased and so unreliable
then; subsequently
and so to bed
chiefly dialect used to counter a negative charge
You did so!
and others or more of the same kind
and further in the same manner
and the rest
used to express often resigned acceptance
a certain number of
read so many chapters each night
used as an intensive before plurals
behaved like so many animals
to the degree indicated or suggested
If they lose their way, so much the better for us
a certain amount of
I can only spend so much time on it
used as an intensive before mass nouns
It sounded like so much nonsense
an unspecified or undetermined amount, price, etc
charge so much a mile
all that can or need be said or done
so much for the history of the case
even
I can't so much as remember his name now