Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
hollantials het ware, a.h.w.
japani言わば (iwaba)
latinatanquam
norjamer eller mindre
portugalipor assim dizer
ranskapour ainsi dire
ruotsityp, liksom, så att säga
saksaquasi, gleichsam
suominiin sanotusti
tanskaligesom
tšekkijakoby, takříkajíc
unkarimintha, mintegy, kvázi
venäjäтак сказа́ть (tak skazát), сло́вно (slóvno)

Määritelmät

Adverbi

  1. Used to indicate that a word or statement is perhaps not exact though practically right; as if it were so.
  2. Used to draw attention to the use of a metaphor, sometimes to prevent confusion or to highlight wordplay.

Esimerkit

  • God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
  • Yet so strong is the parental ambition among those Polygons who are, as it were, on the fringe of the Circular class, that it is very rare to find a Nobleman of that position in society, who has neglected to place his first-born in the Circular Neo-Therapeutic Gymnasium before he has attained the age of a month.

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