as+it+were
131as it were — {adv. phr.} As it might be said to be; as if it really were; seemingly. Used with a statement that might seem silly or unreasonable, to show that it is just a way of saying it. * /In many ways children live, as it were, in a different world from… …
132as it were — {adv. phr.} As it might be said to be; as if it really were; seemingly. Used with a statement that might seem silly or unreasonable, to show that it is just a way of saying it. * /In many ways children live, as it were, in a different world from… …
