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Every bit   /ˈɛvəri bɪt/   Listen
Every bit

adverb
1.
To the same degree (often followed by 'as').  Synonyms: as, equally.  "Birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly" , "Sang as sweetly as a nightingale" , "He is every bit as mean as she is"






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"Every bit" Quotes from Famous Books



... white-haired one again, "I have examined every bit of the infinitesimal mechanism in the ball on this tympanum. It is perfect. You are a genius, Naka Machi. There is only one genius greater—Professor ...
— The Mind Master • Arthur J. Burks

... work was, every bit of food, bombs, and ammunition required for the front line being carried up these narrow twisted communication trenches by the support companies, for the proximity of our line to the enemy would not permit of taking ...
— From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade • Frederic C. Curry

... lay perfectly still. Then he sprang up with every bit of laugh gone out of his face. His left hand grasped the outside of his jacket, while with his right hand he dived down into the inside pocket like mad. ...
— The Arkansaw Bear - A Tale of Fanciful Adventure • Albert Bigelow Paine

... the Dome of the Rock. I have found out that he went to work, while the Turks were still here, to find the mouth of the tunnel. Remember, he's an archaeologist. There's very little he doesn't know about Jerusalem. He knows who the owner is of every bit of property surrounding the Haram-es-Sheriff; he's made it his business to find out. So when he finally decided that this little stone house stands over the mouth of the tunnel, all that remained to do was to get access to it. He couldn't do that himself, because of the regulations. He ...
— Jimgrim and Allah's Peace • Talbot Mundy

... fennel, and carraway be spice enough for any man, and a deal better than all your far-fetched maces, and nutmegs, and peppers, that be fetched over here but to fetch the money out of folks' pockets: and wormwood and currant wine are every bit as good, and a deal wholesomer, than all your sherris-sack and Portingale rubbish. Hans, lad, let's have a currant-bush or two in that garden; I can make currant wine with any, though I say it, and gooseberry too. I make no count of your ...
— It Might Have Been - The Story of the Gunpowder Plot • Emily Sarah Holt


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