quasi
    adj 1: having some resemblance; "a quasi success"; "a quasi
           contract"

Quasi \Qua"si\ [L.]
   As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree;
   having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an
   adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a
   quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has
   arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi
   corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the
   peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that
   which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi
   historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical.
   [1913 Webster]

QUASI. A Latin word in frequent use in the civil law signifying as if, 
almost. It marks the resemblance, and supposes a little difference between 
two objects. Dig. b. 11, t. 7, 1. 8, Sec. 1. Civilians use the expressions 
quasi-contractus, quasi-delictum, quasi-possessio quasi-traditio, &c.