Kiwis have an interesting expression here: adjective as.
"Oh, wow, that comedian was funny as."
"Your new sports car is flash as!"
"Come on in to get a bargain at our Cheap As Deal Days!"
It's a simile that employs no comparator. It's implied that whatever descriptor would have been chosen is the superlative, so why bother trying to wax poetic. You are simply expressing that the comedian was as funny as something infinitely funny. The car was as flash as something infinitely flashy.
These crazy as Kiwis.
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Your elegant writing is as superlative as. I have never read a better paragraph: such a concise and well-phrased explanation! You are not only an excellent scientist, you have a genius for the English language. Excellent piece of writing, my girl!
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