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.
то же, что «к вашему сведению» или «пожалуй, возможно»
as it were
köken: Literally, “as it were”.
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。
so to speak, as it were, if you will
köken: Similar to Norwegian Bokmål så å si, Danish så at sige and Norwegian Nynorsk så å seia
Dykarna har nog tagit sig vatten över huvudet, så att säga
as if, as though
eş: jakby
köken: Shortened form of jako kdyby.
infinitive of mondhat
köken: mondhat + -ni
if you please · if you wish, if you want, if you choose, if you insist upon it, if you're willing, if you prefer
köken: From sī (“if”) + vīs (“you want”), the second person of volō (“to want”). Literally meaning "if you want".
aile: sīs
so to speak
köken: Similar to Norwegian Bokmål så å si, Norwegian Nynorsk så å seia and Swedish så att säga
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.