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quasi

qua·si [ kwáy z, kwzee ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. as though: just as valid in law as if actual

2. almost but not quite: resembling somebody or something in some ways, but not exactly the same
a quasi support group

[15th century. Via French< Latin, "as if" < quam "as" + si "if"]
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