After a fashion

Synonyms for "after a fashion" (45 found)

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appreciablyat any rateat bestat leastat mostat the leastat the mostat the outsideat worst

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by some meanscomparativelydetectablyfairlyin a mannerin a wayin partin some measurein some wayincompletelyleastwisemerelymildlymoderately

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On gray mornings when the jests of the night before had shrunk to ribaldries without wit or dignity, they could, after a fashion, bring out this batch of common hopes and count them over, then smile at each other and repeat, by way of clinching the matter, the terse yet sincere Nietzscheanism of Gloria's defiant "I don't care!"

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[Henri] Soulé had decided to keep the Pavillon open, after a fashion, by closing down the salle and serving meals only in the bar and the nouvelle salle, with the help of the non-striking members of his staff—two maîtres d’hôtel, twenty-two chefs and cooks, the cashier, the hat-check girl, and a pantryman.

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These three islands therefore exemplify, after a fashion, the Rein-Murray theory of oceanic banks, upbuilt by pelagic deposits, as atoll foundations.

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