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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

as you like en · ADP

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) To any extent or degree.
    • So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.
    • But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like. 2012, V M Jones, Beyond the Shroud:

Synonyms

as you please

as you like en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. Expressing unenthusiastic consent.
    • - So, we'll buy the green one, then? - As you like.
    • "Oh," he said, "so you're Conrad, are you? It strikes me the thickness of my skull was lucky for you too. When I look at you I feel it's almost a pity I've enabled you to cheat the hangman." The man snarled, and the bearded man said quietly: "He would have run no risk of that." "Just as you like," replied Tommy. "I know it's the fashion to run down the police. I rather believe in them myself." 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary:

Synonyms

as you wish

Translations (7)

ja どうぞお好きな様に (unenthusiastic consent) · ja どうぞご勝手に (unenthusiastic consent) · ar كَمَا تُرِيدُ (unenthusiastic consent) · ja 好きにすれば (unenthusiastic consent) · acw زي ما تبغى (unenthusiastic consent) · es como quieras (unenthusiastic consent) · aeb كِيف مَا تحِبّ (unenthusiastic consent)