sanki, güya, âdeta

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Türkçe - İngilizce
as it were
used to indicate that a word or statement is perhaps not exact though practically right

Yet so strong is the parental ambition among those Polygons who are, as it were, on the fringe of the Circular class, that it is very rare to find a Nobleman of that position in society, who has neglected to place his first-born in the Circular Neo-Therapeutic Gymnasium before he has attained the age of a month.

as if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were"
as if it were really so; "she lives here, as it were
so to speak, as if, as though, seemingly
sanki, güya, âdeta