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Meaning of "in a manner of speaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING

in a bad way
in a brown study
in a class of its own
in a cleft stick
in a good seam
in a hurry
in a nutshell
in a position
in a row
in a way
in a word
in absentia
in addition
in addition to
in advance
in aeternum
in aid of
in all
in all one´s born days
in alt

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING

baking
banking
braking
breaking
breathtaking
decision-making
English-speaking
freaking
heartbreaking
homemaking
in the making
making
matchmaking
public speaking
record-breaking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
taking
undertaking
waking

Synonyms and antonyms of in a manner of speaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «in a manner of speaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING

Find out the translation of in a manner of speaking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of in a manner of speaking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «in a manner of speaking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在某种意义上说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en una manera de hablar
570 millions of speakers

English

in a manner of speaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बोलने के तरीके में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في إن جاز التعبير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в манере говорить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em uma maneira de falar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বলার পদ্ধতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

d´une manière de parler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan cara bercakap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in einer Art und Weise des Sprechens
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いわば中
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말하기 의방식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanthi cara guneman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong một cách nói
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேசும் விதத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोलत च्या रीतीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tabiri caizse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in un certo senso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w pewnym sensie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в манері говорити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

într-un mod de a vorbi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

με έναν τρόπο της ομιλίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in ´n manier van praat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på sätt och vis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på en måte å snakke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in a manner of speaking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING»

The term «in a manner of speaking» is very widely used and occupies the 15.200 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about in a manner of speaking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING»

Discover the use of in a manner of speaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to in a manner of speaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Alan Bennett: In a Manner of Speaking
Afterwards the showier talents of Jonathan Miller, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore seemed to eclipse his but gradually and quietly he became the most productive and creative of them all; stage plays from Forty Years On to The Madness of George ...
Daphne Turner, 1997
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
in a manner of speaking formal used for saying that something is partly true: She's his partner, in a manner of speaking. • not by any manner of means uk old- fashioned not in any way: I'm not satisfied with his excuse - not by any manner of  ...
‎2008
3
The Photograph: A Strange, Confined Space
Or with absurdity of a different kind, the caption for Plate 44 reads, "I envy (in a manner of speaking) any man who has the time to prepare something like a book (see page 147)." Plate 44 is a photograph of Andre Breton, looking very solemn,  ...
Mary Price, 1997
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
O The bread in a manner is common. in a manner of speaking ne nje fare menyre ; si te thuash □ His success is in a manner of speaking our success, too. O 'What are you doing hanging about there?' 'Well, sir, hanging about is my job, in a ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Webster's New World Thesaurus: Third Edition
as it were so to speak, figuratively speaking, in a way, as it seems, as it would seem, in some sort, in a manner, so to say, kind of*, in a manner of speaking, sort of*. — as though just as, just as if, just as though; see AS IF. ascend v. go upward,  ...
Charlton Laird, 2003
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... by any manner of means see means'. in a manner of speaking ( more formal than in a way) in a certain way: / suppose, in a manner of speaking, you could call me an engineer. mannish, mannishness see man. manoeuvre, (Amer) maneuver ...
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Irish Journal
... someone who has broken his leg, is lying in pain or hobbling around in a plaster cast, that it might have been worse is not only comforting, it is an occupation requiring poetic talents, not to mention a touch of 109 17. In a Manner of Speaking ...
Heinrich Böll, 1998
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A Jean Toomer Reader: Selected Unpublished Writings
No one knows, or can possibly know, all of the different racial elements, entering through his millions of ancestors, which he now, in a manner of speaking, embodies. From the point of view of our present existence, we all are pure blooded.
Jean Toomer, Frederik L. Rusch, 1993
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The Isle of Blood
In a manner of speaking,” I answered. “How does one do something like that 'in a manner of speaking'?” “Is not that how all things are done in our dark and dirty business—our 'science'?” asked von Helrung bitterly. “Pour ainsi dire—'in a ...
Rick Yancey, 2011
10
To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing
... figuratively speaking in a manner of speaking metaphorically speaking to a certain/limited/some degree to a certain/limited/some extent in a way figuratively speaking in a manner of speaking metaphorically speaking in between betwixt and ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term in a manner of speaking is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greece Accepts Bailout Terms — and German Imperialism
In a manner of speaking, yes. Whatever the EU and ECB told Tsipras, it was enough to spook him. We can only imagine the amount of threats ... «Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition, Jul 15»
2
Guy Woodward: A parallel between the election results and Harpers …
The opinions canvassed were those of the wine trade – members of the general public in a manner of speaking, I suppose (though there are ... «Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review, Jul 15»
3
Corrib myth-making and the Children of Lír
In a manner of speaking, our project is part of the solution. It confronts the moot subject of man's impact on the landscape, the retention of our ... «Mayo News, Jul 15»
4
Predicting Sony PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection Lineup …
We can easily expect these too, in a manner of speaking, because these games have been out for some time now, and two out of the three are ... «Bidness ETC, Jul 15»
5
How Independent A/V Reps are Making a Comeback
4. Are all reps also distributors? In a manner of speaking, yes. There are three levels. At the top of the food chain are reps who have established ... «CEPro, Jul 15»
6
Facebook's Internet Challenge: Let's Kill Flash
Facebook is already eating its own dog food, in a manner of speaking. The social network has been phasing out Flash support for video content ... «The Mac Observer, Jul 15»
7
Saving the slow loris
The scientists are hunting, in a manner of speaking, for the loris. "We want to understand the drivers, the patterns of scale, of the wildlife trade in ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
8
BJP battles ' jumla' rerun - The Telegraph
... pitch for repatriating black money salted away in foreign banks as a " jumla" - an Urdu word for a sentence uttered in a manner of speaking. «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
A friend forgotten
... most of Modi's diplomacy has been aimed at those who are already converts to his cause, in a manner of speaking. He has reached out more ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
New Horizons is go for Pluto flyby
This will make him, in a manner of speaking, the farthest-traveled astronaut in history and the first on a spacecraft that will leave the Solar ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»

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