Careful Words

as (n.)

as (v.)

as (adv.)

as (adj.)

As gingerly.

  As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Old Testament: Proverbs xxiii. 7.

As it fell upon a day

In the merry month of May,

Sitting in a pleasant shade

Which a grove of myrtles made.

Richard Barnfield (1574-1620): Address to the Nightingale.

As the case stands.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627): The Old Law. Act ii. Sc. 1.