Meanings
- Verbatim; using exactly the given words.
I said so in so many words.
3 more examples
In so many words, he asked me to give him the answers to the test.
He said he liked you. At least, not in so many words, but that was the idea.
"I never asked you to get that drug," he said. "Not in so many words," she said. "What do you mean by that?" "Well, a fat lot of fun we were going to have without it."
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish sanasta sanaan, kirjaimellisesti
- sanasta sanaanverbatim
- kirjaimellisestiverbatim
French mot pour mot, texto
- mot pour motverbatim
- textoverbatim
Italian senza peli sulla lingua, a chiare lettere
- senza peli sulla linguaverbatim
- a chiare lettereverbatim
- senza mezze paroleverbatim
Polish dosadnie, wprost
- dosadnieverbatim
- wprostverbatim
- bez ogródekverbatim
Scottish Gaelic facal air an fhacal
- facal air an fhacalverbatim
Swedish ord för ord
- ord för ordverbatim
Turkish kelimesi kelimesine, harfi harfine
- kelimesi kelimesineverbatim
- harfi harfineverbatim
- harfiyenverbatim
Cite this entry
in so many words. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20so%20many%20words
“in so many words.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20so%20many%20words. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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