Antonyms for so to speakso to speak

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1. so to speakadverb

   Synonyms:
   in a manner of speaking, as it were

2. so to speakadverb

   In a manner of speaking.

   Synonyms:
   as it were, in a manner of speaking

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1. as it were, so to speakadverb

   as if it were really so

   "she lives here, as it were"

   Synonyms:
   as it were, as we say

2. as we say, so to speakadverb

   in a manner of speaking

   "the feeling is, as we say, quite dead"

   Synonyms:
   as it were, as we say

How to use so to speak in a sentence?

1. Jim Foreman:

   I've heard President Trump speak to it, but the devil's in the details.

2. Vander Plaats:

   That's why you see so many candidates putting their bets, so to speak, on Iowa. It's all in, cruz wants Iowa. Rubio wants Iowa. Obviously Carson and Trump -- all these guys want Iowa.

3. Umberto Eco:

   The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.

4. John Kirby:

   I would just let the results speak for themselves so far and we're not taking anything for granted.

5. Willa Cather:

   The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

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