this much

phrase — 2 senses

this much

phrase
1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see this, much.

  • Or when she would playfully say “I love you this much,” showing a small space between her hands2012, Benedict Mejilla, A Chosen Destiny:
2

The fact that has just been or is about to be stated.

  • At bottom, then, the Court took the unusual step of overruling precedent for the most fundamental of reasons: the need to ensure, in keeping with the Nation's oldest traditions, fair and dependable adjudications of a defendant's guilt. In this much alone, Ramos's reasoning evokes this Court's descriptions of watershed rules.2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting

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