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after a fashion

ADVERB
somehow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway
WEAK
anyhow anywise by hook or crook come what may in one way or another in some such way in some way one way or another somehow or another somehow or other
Antonyms
WEAK
no way

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, true crime can be a passive teacher in the same way all entertainment is, after a fashion.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023

“When he was excited, he was excited,” said Ford, who told me that he sometimes got a four-page letter on hotel stationery slipped under his door after a fashion show.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2022

It must have worked, after a fashion - Maxwell Snr later named his private yacht the Lady Ghislaine, rather than after Betty or his three older daughters.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021

Well, the Burgundy and Gold went down swinging, after a fashion.

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2021

Certainly not, and the Incorrigibles could do all those things, after a fashion.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood