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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

But even if we’re meant to view our woolly antagonists as sheeple, after a fashion, “The Sheep Detectives” culminates on an optimistic note for both the four-legged and the two.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

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

While I couldn’t keep up with them for long, I could manage, after a fashion.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

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