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Definition of As we say
1. Adverb. In a manner of speaking. "The feeling is, as we say, quite dead"
Lexicographical Neighbors of As We Say
Literary usage of As we say
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"They then begin to pick holes, as we say, in the coats of some of the godly, and
that devilishly, that they may have a seeming colour to throw religion (for ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"“ David thought himself cock sure, as we say, of God's favor in Psalm xxx. 6, 7.
... “ Promiscuous and without any difference, as we say in our ..."
3. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1912)
"Francis is a Meynell with a drop of Coventry Patmore, but the drop must have gone
crossways in him, as we say in Ireland, for even when writing about the ..."
4. The Antiquary (1905)
""The human palm and fingers," says Dr. Wordsworth, "have been found, as we say,
handy not only for signalling, for depicting, and for writing, ..."
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