so to speak

CONJUNCTION

as if

Synonyms

WEAK

as it were as it would be as might be in such a way that just as just as if just as though

CONJUNCTION

as though

Synonyms

WEAK

as it were as it would be as might be in such a way that just as just as if just as though

Example Sentences

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Some are already beating the drum, so to speak.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

"I think that was weak, so to speak."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"Before, it was unimaginable. Now, we've invented a new field, so to speak."

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

As was the groundwork, so to speak, for flights in—and into—the future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

But agriculture did not begin to flower, so to speak, until the Adena.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann