oh soとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From oh (interjection) +‎ so (adverb).

発音

• IPA: /ˈoʊsoʊ/

副詞

oh so (not comparable)

1. very, extremely (often ironic)
   • 1971 July–August, Capt. Jacque Cestlabote, “Restrain Sloan Wilson!”, in Boating, →ISSN, page 8:

     His oh-so-witty (ugh) remarks on the loud hailer constitute one more proof that this instrument has minimal value on a pleasure boat.

   • 1997, Hugh Aaron, Letters from the Good War: A Young Man's Discovery of the World, Stones Point Press, →ISBN, page 314:

     He is, reputedly, a dashing Casanova and receives oh so many letters from oh so many femmes.

   • 2011, Scott Granneman, Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Power Users: Advanced Capabilities and Techniques, Apress, →ISBN, page 51:

     […] it’s truly incredible how similar the Finder’s behaviors are today to that oh-so-crude yet oh-so-amazing Finder of 1984

   • 2026 August 4, Charlotte Higgins, “‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

アナグラム

• Hoos, SOHO, soho, Soho, SoHo, shoo, oohs