as it is

as it is (not comparable)

1. In the actual circumstances (and often contrary to expectations).
   • 2004 Fall, Kit Coyne Irwin, “Blind Spot”, in The Kenyon Review, volume 26, number 4, page 108:

     The roosters would look awesome, their beaks fearsome weapons. A frightening thought. As it is, each rooster needed to be tethered to his own hut to keep them from pecking each other's eyes out.

   • 2008, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, A dangerous climate:

     Had you not been wearing such a fine boot, your leg probably would have broken. As it is, the bruise is a deep one.

   • 2011 March 14, “Search And Rescue Continues In Japan Disaster”, in Talk of the Nation:

     As it is, Tokyo is relatively unaffected.

2. Already; without adding further difficulty or complexity.
   • 2010, David Zimmerman, The Sandbox:

     Right now it is too dangerous to obsess about such things. It will only make life harder, and life is hard enough as it is.

3. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see as,‎ it,‎ is.