in a way
köken: From gewisser Maßen, which has a genitival relict of Middle High German māȥe f; by surface analysis, gewiss + -er- + -maßen.
in a way, kind of, sort of, somewhat, so to speak; of sorts
as they say; as the saying goes
so to speak
köken: Literally, “to so say”. Compare French pour ainsi dire.
at all; in the slightest · just like, so to speak, as though, as if
🔊 私は奥さんと向い合うまで、そんな言葉を口にする気はまるでなかったのです。
🔊 まるで夢を見ているようだ。
🔊 まるで煉獄。
sort of, kind of · like (as a filler)
köken: From Old Swedish lika som. By surface analysis, lika + som.
🔊 2009, Lars Winnerbäck, Jag får liksom ingen ordning (single)
🔊 Han liksom haltade fram
🔊 Filmen var liksom jättebra
introduces an unreal conditional; if · as if, as though · synonym of jak (“as well as”)
eş: niejako, poniekąd
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *jakъ Proto-Slavic *jako Old Polish jak Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Proto-Slavic *by Old Polish by Old Polish…
aile: tak jakby
as if, as though
eş: jakby
köken: Shortened form of jako kdyby.
so to speak, like, as if, almost, about
köken: From Latin quasi (“as if”), from qua (“as”) + si (“if”).
as much as, so as, just as · as if, so to speak
köken: Etymology tree Latin tam Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Latin tamquam From tam + quam.
🔊 Dēnique, īnspicere tamquam in speculum in vītās omnium iubeō, atque ex aliīs sūmere exemplum sibi.
so to speak
köken: Similar to Norwegian Bokmål så å si, Norwegian Nynorsk så å seia and Swedish så att säga
like · as if
köken: Related to lýgus (“flat, even, equal”); see there for more.
as if, as though
köken: From Latin quasi + -aŭ.
🔊 Mi falis kvazaŭ mi estus ebria.
🔊 Ŝi kuris renkonte al li, kvazaŭ ŝi volus lin kisi, sed ŝi tion ne faris.
so to speak, if you will; also often used as a mere filler
as it were
köken: From the English contraction as't.