as 1
adverbdomain: all adverbs
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
to the same degree (often followed by `as')
Examples
- 1.he is every bit as mean as she is
- 2.they were equally beautiful
- 3.birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly
- 4.sang as sweetly as a nightingale
Synonyms
- equally 1
to the same degree (often followed by `as')
- every bit 1
to the same degree (often followed by `as')


