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

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

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

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood