Đồng nghĩa của as it were

Đồng nghĩa: so to speak,

sort of so to speak in a way so to say to some extent in a manner of speaking in some way or other

quasi pseudo self-styled wannabe apparent apparently fake mock near nominal partly pretended pseudo- seeming seemingly semi- sham so-called supposedly synthetic to all intents and purposes virtual would-be phoney feigned bogus spurious false affected artificial contrived assumed quasi- put-on factitious deceptive forced mechanical pretend ersatz counterfeit imitation phony strained fraudulent unnatural simulated faux misleading plastic insincere pirate wrong cod not genuine not kosher not real not legit forged dummy faked substitute manufactured man-made imitative mimic fictitious unauthentic inauthentic make-believe reproduction fabricated replica snide laboured hollow stilted labored mannered specious copied queer facsimile pseud stiff fakey pretentious put on bent invalid dud overdone actorly framed studied meretricious unreal supposititious self-conscious untrue exaggerated superficial unconvincing pirated model wooden theatrical Hollywood plant brummagem fishy delusory crock delusive deceitful suppositious hokey worthless won't fly soft shell falsified posed professed ostensible elaborate two-faced avowed overripe overworked imaginary toy trick dishonest stagy improvised apish campy masked concealed nonnatural trumped-up knock-off crooked cheating adulterine quack unspontaneous counterfeited ham hammy pinchbeck covered ungenuine imitated double-dealing constrained hoax underhand made-up illegal phoney-baloney phony-baloney rehearsed bootlegged surface repro chemical cast imagined unqualified overblown fallacious planned non-natural copy made makeshift constructed invented concocted falsie apocryphal bum manmade derivative pseudonymous adopted duplicate glib deceiving purported experimental representative dissembling copycat mealymouthed hyped up low-quality poor-quality shoddy inferior low-grade unoriginal manipulated far-fetched fixed recherche voulu staged posey unsatisfactory substandard adulterated alleged gingerbread awkward conceited playacting melodramatic affectated fraud rigid inflexible grudging bound binding conscripted slave begrudging stringent coercive forcible hypocritical engineered overly planned knock off not what it is cracked up to be bluffing shammed supposed lying impostrous in name only charlatan dissimulated imposturous arty-farty precious wreck wired put unglued uptight tight choked taut farfetched simpering camp genteel highfaluting chichi airish conscious artsy in a state hard put nervous wreck strung out at end of rope bad nonbinding inoperative null and void not binding uncollectible nugatory void null nonvalid stuck up gone Hollywood camouflaged unrecognizable hidden covert sly incognito swindling duplicitous undercover furtive back-alley sneaky criminal masquerading disguised changed veiled unrecognisable incog cloaked in disguise shifty shady corrupt sharp illicit dishonourable treacherous unlawful unscrupulous Janus-faced tricky sailing under false colours under cover underhanded dirty defrauding fast unfair unjust guileful crafty unprincipled unethical rogue dodgy shonky knavish bamboozling dishonorable devious against the law

so to speak in a manner of speaking

sort of strangely oddly bizarrely surprisingly curiously funnily unexpectedly unusually weirdly somehow unnaturally funnily enough in a kind of way in a strange kind of way remarkably peculiarly abnormally uncommonly paradoxically uniquely strikingly puzzlingly astonishingly unfamiliarly exceptionally fantastically indescribably rarely queerly amazingly startlingly exotically extraordinarily atypically anomalously aberrantly unconventionally singularly freakishly irregularly differently outlandishly uncustomarily unorthodoxly unwontedly freakily unaccustomedly uncannily eccentrically untypically incredibly mysteriously mystifyingly quirkily novelly unanticipatedly perplexingly bafflingly quaintly preternaturally phenomenally erratically wackily inconceivably crazily incongruously especially unpredictably wildly astoundingly unaccountably rumly uncharacteristically exceedingly inexplicably unimaginably dubiously specially shockingly spookily kinkily alienly infrequently stunningly unprecedentedly foreignly scarcely noteworthily conspicuously fishily idiosyncratically jarringly creepily kookily whackily suddenly zanily queerishly staggeringly unthinkably questionably newly suspiciously isolatedly originally jaw-droppingly funkily perversely surreally unbelievably notably preposterously fancifully outstandingly ludicrously unknownly ridiculously prodigiously whimsically crankily overwhelmingly wonderfully doubtfully sporadically waywardly divergently irrationally grotesquely memorably significantly intriguingly prominently obscurely distinctly seldomly miraculously dramatically unannouncedly nonstandardly daggily incomprehensibly improbably abruptly episodically sensationally seriously periodically occasionally distinctively pervertedly twistedly extremely dissimilarly freshly capriciously comically disconcertingly deviously implausibly disquietingly monstrously confusingly bewilderingly unsettlingly aberrationally absurdly alternatively nonsensically anomalistically distinguishedly refreshingly awesomely eminently upsettingly insanely unreally foolishly problematically madly remotely reconditely excitingly unsuspectedly impressively outrageously illogically accidentally inconsistently sparsely digressively momentously unforgettably sickly scatteredly intermittently coolly humorously arbitrarily limitedly unrealistically spectacularly stupendously awkwardly readily discomfitingly portentously unfathomably devastatingly wondrously grandiosely tremendously extravagantly vagariously fitfully changeably aperiodically pervily interestingly egregiously nondescriptly arcanely casually discontinuously incomparably unhealthily mind-bogglingly mind-blowingly awfully shadily disparately wanderingly irrelevantly incongruently heretically incoherently heavily ironically suspectly shakily dubitably equivocally disputably dodgily debatably scantly corruptly heterodoxly unseasonably scantily semioccasionally spasmodically flakily dementedly unfrequently unintelligibly randomly flukily unforeseeably fortuitously very particularly alarmingly electrifyingly disturbingly markedly unaptly flimsily noticeably pronouncedly scarily frighteningly frightfully fairly sizeably reasonably tidily substantially considerably to the nth degree detectably obviously appreciably visibly perceptibly measurably signally consequentially importantly inscrutably

id est that is that is to say to wit videlicet in other words scilicet namely specifically particularly expressly especially specially by way of explanation strictly speaking in plain English to put it another way to be specific sc. for instance such as like viz for example as i.e to rephrase it i.e.

like as if as though just as if just as though just as in such a way that as it would be as might be so to speak as the way by its nature the same as comparatively to in the same manner with similarly as identical to comparatively as serving as in the same way that functioning as in the manner that in the way that essentially as just like in the same manner that no less than to the same degree just for equally to the same way equally as in the same way as to such an extent similarly to acting as essentially like

as it would be ask askable ask about ask advice of ask again as it was as it used to be as it turned out as it stands as it should be as it really happened