- as it were as a adverb:
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as it were
adverb
1 as it were
As if it were really so:
— She lives here, as it were.
synonym: so to speak.
Roget 17: as if, so to speak; as it were, as if it were; quasi, just as, veluti in speculum [Lat.].
Roget 521: so to speak, so to say, so to express oneself; as it were.
Moby thesaurus: assumably, assumedly, assumptively, figuratively, figuratively speaking, in a manner, in a way, in seeming, kind of, metaphorically, presumably, presumedly, presumptively, quasi, reputedly, seemingly, so to say, so to speak, sort of, supposably ... show more.
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