so much as

adverb

: even sense 1c

scowls if I so much as look at him

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The new brunette hue has not so much as an inkling of honey tones, but rather cooler shades that blend stunningly with the superstar's long layers. —Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Mar. 2023

But nothing changed so much as the industry in the pandemic. —Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023

So quiet was the nature of Indiana's control of the game that, by its end, the Hoosiers weren't met with hostility so much as silence. —Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023

The first season received a 38% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and failed to garner so much as a single Golden Globe nomination. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023

The world blurs; the audio whines; Joel can’t so much as flex his fingers toward his gun. —Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2023

The Canadian women aren’t fighting for equal pay so much as equal treatment. —Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023

Initially, scholar and educator Skye Shirley, who specializes in texts written by women in Latin, didn’t love the language so much as the mythology of ancient Rome. —Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023

Their crimes aren’t precipitated by hopelessness so much as by calamitous fate. —Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

so much as

adverb

: even entry 3 sense 5

nobody would so much as look at you