Meaning of in a manner of speaking | Babel Free

Definitions

As it were; figuratively speaking; in a manner, in a way, in a certain respect.

Equivalents

Examples

“"Well, well, cap'n," returned the sea-cook, ". . . Why, there you all are together like a happy family, in a manner of speaking."”

“No doubt it maddened him; it knocked him over afresh—in a manner of speaking— [...]”

“[H]e is—in a manner of speaking—in eclipse as it were, sir!"”

“Because in a manner of speaking I am sentimental about my childhood—not my own particular childhood, but the civilization which I grew up in and which is now, I suppose, just about at its last kick.”

“James. Brought up in the country, I suppose? Bill. In a manner of speaking, yes.”

“Rosenstock. If the gentlemen would perhaps like to try the Alpenrose... First Hiker. Is that a hotel too? Rosenstock. In a manner of speaking.”

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