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As yet   /æz jɛt/   Listen
As yet

adverb
1.
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.  Synonyms: heretofore, hitherto, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet.  "The sun isn't up yet"





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"As yet" Quotes from Famous Books



... were all in the breakfast-room, and no Prince Bulbo as yet. The urn was hissing and humming: the muffins were smoking—such a heap of muffins! the eggs were done, there was a pot of raspberry jam, and coffee, and a beautiful chicken and tongue on the side-table. Marmitonio the cook brought in the sausages. ...
— The Rose and the Ring • William Makepeace Thackeray
 
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... only a black-robed minister, who said wise things no doubt, but which had not the mysterious charm of the "Gospodi Pomiluj." The Protestant marriage, deprived of all ceremony, leaves the Oriental fancy, with its desire for excitement, quite cold. And Timea only understood the external ceremony as yet. ...
— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai
 
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... Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a Forsyte died—but no Forsyte had as yet died; they did not die; death being contrary to their principles, they took precautions against it, the instinctive precautions of highly vitalized persons who resent ...
— Quotations from the Works of John Galsworthy • David Widger
 
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... limb, brown stockinged and wearing a brown toe-worn shoe, and then—. A handsome red-haired girl wearing a short dress of blue linen was sitting astride the wall, panting, considerably disarranged by her climbing, and as yet unaware ...
— The History of Mr. Polly • H. G. Wells
 
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... entertaining book that has as yet appeared. It overflows with incident, and is characterized by dash and brilliancy ...
— The Telegraph Boy • Horatio Alger, Jr.
 
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