after a fashion

Idioms and Phrases

Also, after a sort . Somehow or other; not very well, as in John can read music, after a fashion , or He managed to paint the house after a sort . The first phrase, in which fashion means “a manner of doing something,” has been so used since the mid-1800s, when it replaced in a fashion . The variant dates from the mid-1500s. Also see in a way ; (somehow) or other .

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

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

It’s not writing, but after a fashion, it is creating.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

“When he was excited, he was excited,” said Ford, who told me that he sometimes got a four-page letter on hotel stationery slipped under his door after a fashion show.

From New York Times

Related Words

• anyway