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Definition of As it is

1. Adverb. In the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations. "He might have been killed; as it is he was severely injured"

Definition of As it is

1. Adverb. (&lit as it is) ¹

2. Adverb. In the actual circumstances. ¹

3. Adverb. Already. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of As It Is

as far as possible
as fit as a butcher's dog
as follows
as for
as good as it gets
as good as one's word
as hell
as if
as if by magic
as if there were no tomorrow

as in
as is
as it happens
as it is (current term)
as it stands
as it were
as long as
as luck may have it
as luck would have it
as much

as much as possible
as much use as a chocolate fireguard
as much use as a chocolate teapot
as near as makes no difference
as needed
as of
as of late
as of right

Literary usage of As it is

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1898)
"So soon as it is said of an object that it is ' taken by the individual to make a necessary part of his happiness,' it is implied that it is determined by ..."

2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1850)
"... mistaking, amplifying them by continual and as it is eminent in all, so most especially it rageth in melancholy persons, in keep"strong meditation, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"While the sale of ' berried lobsters ' is prohibited by law, very little regard is paid to the statute, as it is an easy matter to scrape off the eggs and ..."

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