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Definition of Much as
1. Adverb. In a similar way.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Much As
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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