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1. (adverb) (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")
Synonyms: equally, every bit

2. (noun) a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
Synonyms: arsenic, atomic number 33
Related Words: chemical element, element



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