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as if; as it were; as though
right then; just then; at that moment
彼はあたかも知らないふりをした。
He acted as if he didn't know.
あたかも夢の中にいるようだった。
It was as though I were in a dream.
彼女はあたかも女王のように振る舞う。
She behaves as if she were a queen.