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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

So do we, the Poors, after a fashion.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

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

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

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

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge