as we speak
At this moment
At this very moment; right now.
The phrase emphasizes that something is happening simultaneously with the conversation: The package is being delivered as we speak.
It adds immediacy and often urgency to a statement, though it's sometimes used loosely to mean very recently or imminently rather than literally at this instant.
- right nowAt the present moment
- currentlyAt this moment
- nowThe present moment
- presentlyAt the current time
- contemporaneouslyAt the same time
happening · in real time · real-time · as it happens · immediately · at this moment · just now · unfolding · even now · instantaneous · this instant · simultaneously · ongoing · as of now · actively · developing · underway · live
as we speakin the past
Previously occurred
in the future · long ago · someday · eventually · previously
as we speakhypothetically
In assumed circumstances
in theory · potentially · possibly · God willing · with any luck
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