so \so\, adv. oe. so, sa, swa, as. sw=a; akin to ofries,
   s=a, s?, d. zoo, os.  ohg. s?, g. so, icel. sv=a, sv?,
   svo, so, sw. s?, dan. saa, goth. swa so, sw? as; cf. l. suus
   one's own, skr. sva one's own, one's self. root192. cf. as,
   custom, ethic, idiom, such.
   1. in that manner or degree; as, indicated in any way, or
      as implied, or as supposed to be known.
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            why is his chariot so long in coming? --judges v.
                                                  28.
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   2. in like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like
      reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively,
      following as, to denote comparison or resemblance;
      sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.
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            as a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so
            a prince ought to consider the condition he is in.
                                                  --swift.
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   3. in such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with
      as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to
      escape.
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            i viewed in may mind, so far as i was able, the
            beginning and progress of a rising world. --t.
                                                  burnet.
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            he is very much in sir roger's esteem, so that he
            lives in the family rather as a relation than
            dependent.                            --addison.
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   4. very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can
      not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so
      wisely.
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   5. in the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in
      this or that condition or state; under these
      circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to
      something just asserted or implied; used also with the
      verb to be, as a predicate.
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            use him your tutor with great respect yourself,
            and cause all your family to do so too. --locke.
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            it concerns every man, with the greatest
            seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether
            they be so or not.                    --tillotson.
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            he is sir robert's son, and so art thou. --shak.
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   6. the case being such; therefore; on this account; for this
      reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a
      conjuction.
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            god makes him in his own image an intellectual
            creature, and so capable of dominion. --locke.
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            here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness;
            so may the guilt of all my broken vows,
            my perjuries to thee, be all forgotten. --rowe.
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   7. it is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; --
      used to express assent.
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            and when 't is writ, for my sake read it over,
            and if it please you, so; if not, why, so. --shak.
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            there is percy; if your father will do me any honor,
            so; if not, let him kill the next percy himself.
                                                  --shak.
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   8. well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive;
      as, so the work is done, is it?
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   9. is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward
      tone; as, do you say he refuses? so? colloq.
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   10. about the number, time, or quantity specified;
       thereabouts; more or less; as, i will spend a week or so
       in the country; i have read only a page or so.
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             a week or so will probably reconcile us. --gay.
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   note: see the note under ill, adv.
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   so . . . as. so is now commonly used as a demonstrative
      correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the
      equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative
      assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. by
      shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as
      . . . as is now common. see the note under as, 1.
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            so do, as thou hast said.             --gen. xviii.
                                                  5.
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            as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --ps.
                                                  ciii. 15.
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            had woman been so strong as men.      --shak.
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            no country suffered so much as england. --macaulay.
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   so far, to that point or extent; in that particular. "the
      song was moral, and so far was right." --cowper.

   so far forth, as far; to such a degree. --shak. --bacon.

   so forth, further in the same or similar manner; more of
      the same or a similar kind. see and so forth, under
      and.

   so, so, well, well. "so, so, it works; now, mistress, sit
      you fast." --dryden. also, moderately or tolerably well;
      passably; as, he succeeded but so so. "his leg is but so
      so." --shak.

   so that, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or
      result that.

   so then, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is.
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see also:
custom ethic idiom such ill so 
as as so far so far forth so forth 
and so forth and so, so so that so then