Meaning of AS IT WERE

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adv]  as if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were"
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	Synonyms:		so to speak
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		assumably, assumedly, assumptively, figuratively, figuratively speaking, in a manner, in a way, in seeming, kind of, metaphorically, presumably, presumedly, presumptively, quasi, reputedly, seemingly, so to say, so to speak, sort of, supposably, supposedly, suppositionally, supposititiously, symbolically