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English
Adverb
in so much (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of insomuch.
1573, “An exposition vppon the v. vi. vii. chapters of Mathew, ”, in The Whole Workes of W Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct Barnes, , London: Iohn Daye, , fifth chapter, page 198, column 1:In ſo much that yͧ ſhouldeſt ſee thẽ make thẽſelues poꝛe, to helpe other as they now make other pooꝛe to make thẽſelues rich.
1605, S[amuel] H[arsnett], A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures, to With-draw the Harts of His Maiesties Subiects from Their Allegeance, and from the Truth of Christian religion Professed in England, vnder the Pretence of Casting out of Deuils. , London: Ia. Roberts, , page 266:Then they vrged me to drink a very vnpleaſant potion, which troubled me greatly; in ſo much as I deſired them to vntye me, and give me leaue to lye downe vppon my bed: but they regarded not any words, […]
1678, [Georges] de Scudéry, translated by J. Davies, Clelia, an Excellent New Romance: , London: H. Herringman, D. Newman , part III, book III, page 376, column 2:But as it ordinarily happens, that when a man hath ſome ſecret deſign, he meets with an hundred rubs he never foreſaw, Melicrates was courted that day to ſpend the evening in divers places; two of his friends came to deſire his company at ſupper; in ſo much that he had much ado to be rid of all thoſe that came to ſee him.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, so, much.
2009, LaNita McMeekan-Cates, The Day My Baby Was Born: The Joys, Wonders, and Surprises of the Day You’ll Never Forget, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 249:Around 2:00 a.m., I was in so much pain that I was crying, and my husband was getting angry at the hospital for not doing anything for me.