Meaning of EVERY BIT

Pronunciation:			'evree bit
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adv]  (often followed by `as') to the same degree; "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; (`every bit' is informal as in"he is every bit as mean as she is")
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	Synonyms:		as, equally