HyperDic: as_it_were

English > 1 sense of the expression *as it were*:
ADVERB	all	as it were, so to speak	as if it were really so

English > *as it were*: 1 sense > adverb 1
Meaning	As if it were really so.
Example	"she lives here, as it were"
Synonym	so to speak

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