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so to speak(expression, idiom, adverb)
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sort of(adverb, in a manner of speaking)
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quasi(adverb, virtual, would-be, pseudo)
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seemingly(adverb, virtual, would-be, pseudo)
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as if(expression, adverb, conjunction)
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figuratively
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metaphorically
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speak
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supposedly(virtual, would-be, pseudo)
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apparently(adverb, virtual, would-be, pseudo)
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as it would be(expression, idiom, conjunction)
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as though(expression, conjunction)
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assumably
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assumedly
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assumptively
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figuratively speaking
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in a manner(expression, idiom)
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in seeming
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kind of
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partly(adverb, virtual, would-be, pseudo)
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