"Not literally" (2,2,5)

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so to speak

'not literally' is the definition.
(phrase used to show one is speaking figuratively)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for so to speak that I've seen before include "If one may use that expression" , "as one might say" , "In a way" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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