as much as possible

to a feasible extent; "she helped him as much as possible" ;

as needed

according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions); "add water as needed" ;

as required

according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions); "add water as needed" ;

as such

with respect to its inherent nature; "this statement is interesting per se" ;

as the crow flies

by the shortest and most direct route; "it's 10 miles as the crow flies" ;

as usual

in the usual manner; "as usual, she arrived late" ;

as was common

in the usual manner; "as usual, she arrived late" ;

as we say

in a manner of speaking; "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead" ;

as well

in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" ;

as yet

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" ;

asap

as soon as possible ;

ascetically

in an ascetic manner; "she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself" ;

asea

in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" ;

asexually

in an asexual manner; "plants that reproduce asexually" ;

ashamedly

with a feeling of shame ;

ashore

towards the shore from the water; "we invited them ashore" ;

aside

not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" ; in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" ; on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered" ; out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" ; placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" ; in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" ;

askance

with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes" ; with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer" ;

askew

turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry" ;

aslant

at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face" ; over or across in a slanting direction ;

asleep

into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep" ; in the sleep of death ;

assertively

in an assertive manner; "`I will take care of my own life,' she said assertively" ;

assiduously

with care and persistence; "she worked assiduously on the senior thesis" ;

assuredly

without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone" ;

astern

(of a ship or an airplane) behind; "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" ; at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about" ; stern foremost or backward; "the steamer went astern at half speed" ;

astonishingly

in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise; "amazingly, he finished medical school in three years" ;

astraddle

with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" ;

astray

away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray" ; far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" ;

astride

with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair" ; with the legs stretched far apart ;

astronomically

enormously; "the bill was astronomically high" ;

astutely

in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" ;

asunder

into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder" ;

asymmetrically

in an asymmetrical manner; "they were asymmetrically arranged" ;

asymptotically

toward an asymptote; "it grew asymptotically" ;

at a loss

below cost; "sold the car at a loss" ;

at a low price

for a relatively small amount of money; "we bought the house for a song" ;

at a lower place

in or to a place that is lower ;

at a premium

of high value (usually because of scarcity) or above par value; "they were forced to buy it back at a premium" ;

at a time

simultaneously; "he took three cookies at a time" ;

at all

in the slightest degree or in any respect; "Are you at all interested? No, not at all"; "was not in the least unfriendly" ;