What is another word for so to say?

Pronunciation: [sˌə͡ʊ tə sˈe͡ɪ] (IPA)

"So to say" is an idiomatic expression used to indicate that what is being said may not be entirely accurate or literal, but is being used for effect. Some synonyms for this phrase may include "in a manner of speaking," "as it were," "in a sense," "figuratively speaking," or "so to speak." These phrases can be used in a variety of contexts, such as when discussing metaphors, similes, or other literary devices, or when trying to convey a more abstract or nuanced meaning. By using these synonyms, individuals can add greater depth and nuance to their language and better express themselves in a variety of settings.

What are the hypernyms for So to say?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with So to say

  • Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid.
    Dennis Rodman
  • The allegories of the "fall of man" and the "deluge," are the two most important features of the Pentateuch. They are, so to say, the Alpha and Omega, the highest and the lowest keys of the scale of harmony on which resounds the majestic hymns of the creation of mankind; for they discover to him who questions the Zura (figurative Gematria), the process of man's evolution from the highest spiritual entity unto the lowest physical — the post-diluvian man, as in the Egyptian hieroglyphics, every sign of the picture writing which cannot be made to fit within a certain circumscribed geometrical figure may be rejected as only intended by the sacred hierogrammatist for a premeditated blind — so many of the details in the Bible must be treated on the same principle, that portion only being accepted which answers to the numerical methods taught in the Kabala.
    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
  • How might one describe Max Beerbohm to someone who knows nothing about him? Well, for a start, one might imagine D.H. Lawrence. Picture the shagginess of Lawrence, his thick beard, his rough-cut clothes, his disdain for all the social and physical niceties. Recall his passionateness—his passion, so to say, for passion itself—his darkness, his gloom. Think back to his appeal to the primary instincts, his personal messianism, his refusal to deal with anything smaller than capital “D” Destiny. Do not neglect his humorlessness, his distaste for all that otherwise passed for being civilized, his blood theories and manifold roiling hatreds. Have you, then, D.H. Lawrence firmly in mind? Splendid. Now reverse all of Lawrence’s qualities and you will have a fair beginning notion of Max Beerbohm, who, after allowing that Lawrence was a man of “unquestionable genius,” felt it necessary to add, “he never realized, don’t you know—he never suspected that to be stark, staring mad is somewhat of a handicap to a writer.”
    Max Beerbohm
  • Through the pages of [her book] walk the great. I don't say that Margot Asquith actually permits us to rub elbows with them ourselves, but she willingly shows us her own elbow, which has been, so to say, honed on the mighty.
    Margot Asquith

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