Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1. 
 to the same degree (often followed by `as'); 
- Example: "they were equally beautiful"- Example: "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"- Example: "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"- Example: "he is every bit as mean as she is"[syn: equally, as, every bit]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
every bit
    adv 1: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were
           equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child
           sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he
           is every bit as mean as she is" [syn: equally, as,
           every bit]