much
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much muchness
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
much/mʌtʃ/
▶determiner & pronoun (more, most) a large amount. ▶adverb
- 1 to a great extent; a great deal.
- 2 [usu. with neg. or in questions] for a large part of one's time; often.
– phrases
a bit much informal somewhat excessive or unreasonable.
(as) much as even though.
not much of a not a good example of: I'm not much of a gardener.
so much the better (or worse) that is even better (or worse).
too much too difficult or exhausting to tolerate.
a bit much informal somewhat excessive or unreasonable.
(as) much as even though.
not much of a not a good example of: I'm not much of a gardener.
so much the better (or worse) that is even better (or worse).
too much too difficult or exhausting to tolerate.
– derivatives
muchly adverb (humorous).
muchly adverb (humorous).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
muchness/ˈmʌtʃnəs/
▶noun (in phr. (much) of a muchness) very similar.
'much' also found in these Oxford entries:
ad-lib
- ado
- aerial
- all
- any
- Arab
- assai
- auteur
- awfully
- badly
- barfly
- barren
- beloved
- billy-o
- bit
- blather
- blatherskite
- bleach
- bloody
- brachiosaurus
- brief
- bright
- bucketload
- bump
- buoyant
- canter
- casual
- Celt
- Cherokee
- chi
- chop
- colorific
- colossus
- comic opera
- content
- continuous
- cop
- cradle-snatcher
- damp squib
- dash
- daub
- dearly
- demanding
- difficult
- double
- drift
- drink
- drown
- dumpling
- dwarf
