As if it were really so.
synonym: as it were.
Roget 17:
as if,
so to speak;
as it were,
as if it were;
quasi,
just as,
veluti in speculum [Lat.].
Roget 32:
to a small extent
[in a small degree],
on a small scale;
a little bit,
a wee bit;
slightly
etc.
adj.;
imperceptibly;
miserably,
wretchedly;
insufficiently
etc.
640;
imperfectly;
faintly
etc.
160;
passably,
pretty well,
well enough.
[in a certain or limited degree]
partially,
in part;
in a certain degree,
to a certain degree;
to a certain extent;
comparatively;
some,
rather in some degree,
in some measure;
something,
somewhat;
simply,
only,
purely,
merely;
at least,
at the least,
at most,
at the most;
ever so little,
as little as may be,
tant soit peu [Fr.],
in ever so small a degree;
thus far,
pro tanto [It],
within bounds,
in a manner,
after a fashion,
so to speak.
almost,
nearly,
well-nigh,
short of,
not quite,
all but;
near upon,
close upon;
peu s'en faut [Fr.],
near the mark;
within an ace of,
within an inch of;
on the brink of;
scarcely,
hardly,
barely,
only just,
no more than.
about
[in an uncertain degree],
thereabouts,
somewhere about,
nearly,
say;
be the same,
be little more or less.
no ways
[in no degree],
no way,
no wise;
not at all,
not in the least,
not a bit,
not a bit of it,
not a whit,
not a jot,
not a shadow;
in no wise,
in no respect;
by no means,
by no manner of means;
on no account,
at no hand.
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Roget 469:
provided,
provided that,
provided always;
if,
unless,
but,
yet;
according as;
conditionally,
admitting,
supposing;
on the supposition of
etc.
(theoretically)
514;
with the understanding,
even,
although,
though,
for all that,
after all,
at all events.
approximately
etc.
197,
17;
in a limited degree
(smallness)
32;
somewhat,
sort of,
something like that,
to a certain extent,
to a degree,
in a sense,
so to speak.
with grains of allowance,
cum grano salis [Lat.],
with a grain of salt;
exceptis excipiendis [Lat.];
wind and weather permitting;
if possible
etc.
470.
subject to,
conditioned upon;
with this proviso
etc.
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Roget 521:
so to speak,
so to say,
so to express oneself;
as it were.