qua·si 
(kwāzī′, kwäzē)
(kwāzī′, kwäzē)adj.
Having a likeness to something; resembling: a quasi success.
[Middle English, as if, from Old French, from Latin : quam, as; see kwo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + sī, if; see swo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]