if you will

(spoken)

this is one way of saying this Someone recovering from a serious accident often goes through a period of emotional numbness, if you will. Well, a dictionary describes words but doesn't make laws, if you will, about their use.

Related vocabulary: in a manner of speaking

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Samoil	-	Macedonian
Theresia	[ti'ri:zjə]
Joffrey	-	French
Kandace	KAN-dis, kan-DAY-see, KAN-də-see	English (Modern)
Marinos	-	Greek
Claritia	-	Late Roman