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
Chris	[kris]
Ekundayo	-	Western African, Yoruba
Tsubasa	tsoo-bah-sah	Japanese
Kamaria	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Haroldo	ah-ROL-do (Spanish), ə-RAWL-doo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Crispian	-	English (Archaic)