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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

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The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Alice gives him a lift to camp; they banter and flirt after a fashion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

McLaren boss Ron Dennis sympathised, after a fashion, with Jordan, saying to him: "Welcome to the Piranha Club."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023

Gentle Ser Willem Darry, who must have loved her after a fashion, had been taken by a wasting sickness when she was very young.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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