Dictionary

so much as en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected.
   • Well, she seems to have lost all interest in the horses. For a week now she has driven past the stables with never so much as 'good morning'! 1927 March 5, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published June 1927, →OCLC, page 280:
   • Without so much as a by your leave, he walked into the office and started digging through my files. Then off he went, without so much as a ‘goodbye’.
   • If she so much as looked at another man, I’d divorce her!
2. (not-comparable) But rather.
   • I’m not enjoying the meal so much as admiring the atmosphere.

Synonyms

as much as

Translations (8)

ru даже не (even) · pl choćby (even) · ru хотя бы (even) · pl nawet (even) · fi edes (even) · pl nie tak bardzo jak (but rather) · fi vaan (but rather) · ru не столько, сколько (but rather)