so intens used in comparisons. EDD ~ 3 n and s counties. Equally.
1878 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 3 So soon as we had all settled away and dinner over, I started off to see the new find. M 64-3 [He is] so big as the side of a house. T 313/5-66 That was just so hard as somebody took a load of lumber on their back. 1972 Evening Telegram 19 May, p. 3 'Just so much lip as ever, I see,' replied the doughty dowager of the gowithy.
