gleichsam

== German == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌzaːm/, /ˈɡlaɪ̯ç.zam/ Hyphenation: gleich‧sam === Adverb === gleichsam (formal) as it were; so to speak Synonyms: gewissermaßen, quasi, sozusagen (rare, nonstandard, proscribed) equally; likewise Synonyms: imgleichen, insgleichen, also === References === “gleichsam” in Duden online “gleichsam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “gleichsam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon