ever so slightly

[GUEST2008]

Hi

One woman was looking at the other woman. One of them was drinking alcohol and talking stupid things. The one who was looking at the other one thought to herself:

A little ... ever so slightly drunk.

Does "ever so slightly" mean "very slightly"?

So she was a little, very little drunk?

 

[Barb_D]

Yes.

Another example of how it can be used:
Move it ever so slightly to the left=move it a tiny bit to the left.

 

[aachu]

Not a teacher.

"Ever so" is an intensifier for adjectives. It means "very".

Examples:
Ever so friendly.
Ever so smoothly.
Ever so slightly.
Ever so politely.