as it were

Adverb

Meaning

as if it were really so

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

so to speak apparently virtually seemingly quasi figuratively sort of as if supposedly as though metaphorically in a way id est so to say in a manner of speaking

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Examples

she lives here, as it were Source: Internet

Although the renter is the one making the purchase — the customer, as it were — the transaction bears less resemblance to buying soap or socks than it does to the relation between worker and boss. Source: Internet

And so, picking up the baton, as it were, and stepping into that role of protector is the only thing that instinctively makes sense to her. Source: Internet

And many of the sessions are structured as workshops, rather than just discussions, as it were. Source: Internet

Because Bert knew very little, Philosophy turned out to be right up his alley, as it were, because of Socrates's teaching, that the only thing we know with certainty, is how little we know. Source: Internet

And the four had the same likeness, their appearance and construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

as it so happens as it stands as it turns out as it would as it would be as keen as mustard