Meanings
- simileTo a great degree or extent; very.
[...] he'll be as sorry as anything, he'll put it right.
1998, Maeve Binchy, Tara Road, Dell, →ISBN, page 2602 more examples
He went over to Nuncombe Putney, as sure as anything;—hired Mrs. Clegg's chaise and pair, and asked for Mrs Trevelyan's house as open as anything.
1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Dartmoor”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 122The heroine had five lovers. I'd be satisfied with one, wouldn't you? She was very handsome and she went through great tribulations. She could faint as easy as anything. I'd love to be able to faint, wouldn't you, Marilla? It's so romantic.
1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “The Delights of Anticipation”, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, published August 1909, →OCLC, page 130Synonyms: as all hell, as hell
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseTo a great degree or extent; very.
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