in a manner of speaking
formalused for saying that something is partly true:
She's his partner, in a manner of speaking.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Incomplete
- extent
- fragmentary
- imperfect
- imperfection
- incomplete
- long
- long story short idiom
- manner
- part
- partially
- partly
- patchy
- point
- scratch/scrape the surface idiom
- semi
- surface
- unfinished
- up to a point idiom
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