if you like in English

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      },
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        {
          "text": "But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist."
        }
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        "Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction."
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          "kindly"
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        }
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          "text": "This band's genre can be described as, if you like, New Wave or Post-Punk."
        }
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        "So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard."
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          "like",
          "like"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "if you will"
        }
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "word": "niin sanotusti"
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          "sense": "so to speak",
          "word": "vaikkapa"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "if you like"
}

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    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English speech-act adverbs",
    "English subordinate clauses",
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        }
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      ],
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          "Please",
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          "kindly",
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        {
          "text": "This band's genre can be described as, if you like, New Wave or Post-Punk."
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          "So to speak",
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          "like",
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    {
      "word": "if you will"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "please, kindly",
      "word": "-pa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "so to speak",
      "word": "niin sanotusti"
    },
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      "sense": "so to speak",
      "word": "vaikkapa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "if you like"
}

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"if you like" meaning in English

Adverb