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as like as not

as like as not adverb: synonym of as likely as not.

Adverb

as like as not (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of as likely as not.
    • "You're one of the lords [...] and paid as like as not so that Tiberius can get a lot more of us innocent bystanders for his games!"1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62

Synonyms of as like as not

Questions about as like as not

What does as like as not mean?
As like as not means synonym of as likely as not.
What part of speech is as like as not?
As like as not is an adverb.

Words near as like as not in the dictionary

  1. as it stands
  2. as it were
  3. as large as life
  4. AS Level
  5. AS Levels
  6. as like as not
  7. as likely as not
  8. as long as
  9. as luck may have it
  10. as luck would have it
  11. as mad as a cut snake

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