'so to speak' definitions:
Definition of 'so to speak'
(from WordNet)
adverb
As if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were" [syn: as it were, so to speak]
adverb
In a manner of speaking; "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead" [syn: as we say, so to speak]
Words containing 'so to speak'
- Speak,
- Speaking,
- To speak of,
- To speak out,
- To speak with,
- speak for,
- speak for itself,
- speak out,
- speak to,
- speak up,
- speak up for,
- speaking of,
- A speaking acquaintance,
- Evil speaking,
- Plain speaking,
- Speaking trumpet,
- Speaking tube,
- To be on speaking terms,
- To speak a ship,
- To speak by the book,
- To speak by the card,
- To speak daggers,
- To speak fair,
- To speak for Buncombe,
- To speak well for,
- broadly speaking,
- manner of speaking,
- properly speaking,
- public speaking,
- speak in tongues,
- speak of the devil,
- strictly speaking,
- English-speaking,
- French-speaking,
- German-speaking,
- Home-speaking,
- bantu-speaking,
- flemish-speaking,
- gaelic-speaking,
- icelandic-speaking,
- italian-speaking,
- japanese-speaking,
- kannada-speaking,
- livonian-speaking,
- oscan-speaking,
- russian-speaking,
- samoyedic-speaking,
- semitic-speaking,
- siouan-speaking,
- spanish-speaking,
- turkic-speaking,
- finno-ugric-speaking