इव

Definitions

• like, in the same manner as (in this sense = यथा (यथा), and used correlatively to तथा (तथा))
• as it were, as if
• in a certain manner, in some measure, a little, perhaps (in qualification or mitigation of a strong assertion)
• nearly, almost, about
• so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction:)
• (as a particle) connected vaguely, and somewhat pleonastically, with an interrogative pronoun or adverb