gleichsam.
as it were; so to speak
Meaning & usage
as it were; so to speak
Ich fühlte mich gleichsam wie neugeboren.
equally; likewise
Where this word comes from
15th century, from gleich + -sam. Earlier attested as a Middle High German noun gelīchsame (“image, double, likeness”) and a verb gelīchsamen (“to compare”); and Old High German gilīhsam (“similar, hypocrite”).
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