Definition of Much as

1. Adverb. In a similar way.

Exact synonyms: Very Much Like

Lexicographical Neighbors of Much As

mu-metal
muadhdhin
muahahaha
muay
muazzin
mucal
mucamide
mucase
mucate
mucates
mucedin
mucedins
much
much(a)
much ado about nothing
much as (current term)
much less
much obliged
much of a muchness
muchacho
muchachos
muchee
muchel
muchell
muchells
muchels
muches
muchkin
muchkins
muchly

Literary usage of Much as

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

1. Much Ado about Nothing: A Comedy in Five Acts.As Arranged for the Stage by William Shakespeare, Henry Irving (1887)
"Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knife's point, and choke a daw withal:—You have no stomach, signior; fare you well. \Exit. Bene. Ha ! ..."

2. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... that I could not fo much as look abroad \vithout being wrapt in furs, and a mafic of fur before my face, or rather a hood, with only an hole for breath, ..."

3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"which prepared her, quite as much as her words, for something more than ordinary. " How I could so long a time be fancying myself—" cried Harriet warmly. ..."

4. Utopia by Thomas More (1869)
"He goeth about as much as he can to corrupt the men of lawe, to make them fal to ... theim he was not able to giue fo much as a ..."

5. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"Yes, he said ; so much as that you may. And as for the words, there will be no difference between words which are and which are not set to music ; both will ..."

6. Much Ado about Nothing: A Comedy in Five Acts.As Arranged for the Stage by William Shakespeare, Henry Irving (1887)
"Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knife's point, and choke a daw withal:—You have no stomach, signior; fare you well. \Exit. Bene. Ha ! ..."

7. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... that I could not fo much as look abroad \vithout being wrapt in furs, and a mafic of fur before my face, or rather a hood, with only an hole for breath, ..."

8. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"which prepared her, quite as much as her words, for something more than ordinary. " How I could so long a time be fancying myself—" cried Harriet warmly. ..."

9. Utopia by Thomas More (1869)
"He goeth about as much as he can to corrupt the men of lawe, to make them fal to ... theim he was not able to giue fo much as a ..."

10. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"Yes, he said ; so much as that you may. And as for the words, there will be no difference between words which are and which are not set to music ; both will ..."

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