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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. as if it were really so;
- Example: "she lives here, as it were"
[syn: as it were, so to speak]

2. in a manner of speaking;
- Example: "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead"
[syn: as we say, so to speak]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

so to speak
    adv 1: as if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were"
           [syn: as it were, so to speak]
    2: in a manner of speaking; "the feeling is, as we say, quite
       dead" [syn: as we say, so to speak]