(simile, vulgar) Extremely tight; mean; excessively thrifty.

(simile) Extremely stable physically. / (simile) Extremely reliable.

(idiomatic, simile) Extremely proud.

(simile) Extremely easy

(idiomatic, simile, of friends or members of a group) Intimate, close-knit, tight.

Just the right amount is as good as more than enough: there is no value in excess.

A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material.

As to suggest the idea that; as if, as would be true if.

(adverbial) Actually, in fact.

Even; suggests a minimum, especially regarding what might be expected. / But rather.