ALL meanings of after a fashion
af·ter a fash·ion
A a - phrase after a fashion If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well. 3
- noun after a fashion in some manner, but not very well 3
- noun after a fashion of a low order; of a sort 3
- noun after a fashion in some way or to some extent, but not very well 3
- adverb after a fashion in a way 1
- noun after a fashion a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses. 1
- noun after a fashion conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., especially of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion. 1
- noun after a fashion manner; way; mode: in a warlike fashion. 1
- noun after a fashion the make or form of anything: He liked the fashion of the simple, sturdy furniture. 1
- noun after a fashion a kind; sort: All fashions of people make up the world. 1
- noun after a fashion Obsolete. workmanship. 1
- noun after a fashion Obsolete. act or process of making. 1
- verb with object after a fashion to give a particular shape or form to; make: The cavemen fashioned tools from stones. 1
- verb with object after a fashion to accommodate; adjust; adapt: doctrines fashioned to the varying hour. 1
- verb with object after a fashion Shipbuilding. to bend (a plate) without preheating. 1
- verb with object after a fashion Obsolete. to contrive; manage. 1
- idioms after a fashion after / in a fashion, in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: He's an artist after a fashion. 1
- preposition after a fashion In some way, somehow, to a certain extent. 0