Definitions

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

So do we, the Poors, after a fashion.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

She was working as a model in Manhattan when a friend arranged for them to meet the rock band after a fashion show, her legal documents say.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

It also replicates, after a fashion, some of the crediting issues many TikTok creators have protested.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

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

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

after a fashion

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