SO TO SPEAK as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • as if it were really so
   Synonym(s)
   • as it were (what does as it were mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she lives here, as it were
2. Meaning
   • in a manner of speaking
   Synonym(s)
   • as we say (what does as we say mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the feeling is, as we say, quite dead