every bit

1. 1.

   to the same degree (often followed by `as')

   “they were equally beautiful”

   “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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Questions about every bit

What does every bit mean?

every bit means "to the same degree (often followed by `as')".

What is another word for every bit?

Close synonyms include equally, as. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is every bit a common word?

every bit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.