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as anything en · ADP
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(qualifier:simile) To a great degree or extent; very.
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 122:The 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 130:[...] he'll be as sorry as anything, he'll put it right.
1998, Maeve Binchy, Tara Road, Dell, →ISBN, page 260:
Synonyms
as hell · as all hell