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as it were meaning in Malayalam

അതായത്

as it were in Malayalam: അതായത്, എന്നുവച്ചാൽ, അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ, എന്നുവരികിൽ. In English, as it were means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, it, were.

Malayalam words for as it were

in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some extent
അതായത്, എന്നുവച്ചാൽ, അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ, എന്നുവരികിൽ, എന്നാലോ, അങ്ങനെപറയാമെങ്കിൽ

English meaning of as it were

  1. adverb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, it, were.
  2. adverb Used to indicate that a word or statement is perhaps not exact though practically right; as if it were so.
  3. adverb Used to draw attention to the use of a metaphor, sometimes to prevent confusion or to highlight wordplay.

Full definition of as it were

as it were in a sentence

  • She gave all of the women seated at the restaurant food for thought, as it were.
  • Concerns that cloud seeding might “steal” water from an area a cloud is traveling toward—robbing Peter to water Paul, as it were—have been dispelled.

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Questions about as it were in Malayalam

What is the meaning of as it were in Malayalam?
As it were in Malayalam is അതായത്, എന്നുവച്ചാൽ, അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ, എന്നുവരികിൽ.
as it were എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
As it were: അതായത്, എന്നുവച്ചാൽ, അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ, എന്നുവരികിൽ.
What does as it were mean in English?
As it were means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, it, were.

Source and license

Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: as it were (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: as it were (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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