Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for So
so, pron. [see so, adv.]
- That; this; such a thing.
- Phrase. “Mr. So and So”: such a gentleman; [pronominal proper noun phrase] God; Deity; the Lord; Heavenly Father.
- Phrase. “Not so”: no way; to the contrary; that is not how it is going to be.
- Phrase. “Not so fast”: slow down.
- Phrase. “or so”: more or less; a bit smaller or larger.
- Phrase. “so many”: such a large amount of people.
- Phrase. “just so”: in exactly this way.
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