'as it were' definitions:
Definition of 'as it were'
(from WordNet)
adverb
As if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were" [syn: as it were, so to speak]
Synonyms of 'as it were'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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