Adverb
so to say
Alternative form of so to speak
Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid. Dennis Rodman
My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement. Carol Leifer
By the end, Ruffini stated that so much of the refinement of the work had been done by Donizetti that he felt that "my freedom of action having been paralyzed by the maestro, I don't, so to say, recognize it as mine". Source: Internet
After it was recommended to me, I learned that Christopher Nolan has cited as an influence on his 2010 feature film, …so to say it was a bit ahead of its time is probably an understatement. Source: Internet
It is here that IK Shukla comes charging in, astride a white steed, wielding a mighty ex-calibre, so to say. Source: Internet
The same text (25.10.11-16) records that the Sarasvati is 'so to say meandering' (kubjimati) as it could not sustain heaven which it had propped up.sfnSee Witzel (1984)sfn for discussion; for maps (1984) of the area, p. 42 sqq. Source: Internet