From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishafter a fashionafter a fashionDO WELLnot very much, not very well, or not very effectively ‘Can you speak Russian?’ ‘After a fashion.’ → fashion
Examples from the Corpus
after a fashion• Kissing continues, after a fashion, but tongues now completely verboten.• So they became friends, after a fashion.• The group learns to ride and lasso after a fashion.• Grubbing for business on dud leads was, at least, after a fashion dealing.• Broadman, who could read after a fashion, peered over the top of the volume.• The gates clanged shut again, Berwick succoured, after a fashion, with a day to go.• You met him ... Well, after a fashion, you met him ten years ago or so.• It has worked, after a fashion.• Aunt Lou seldom approved of the people who lived above her, but it worked after a fashion. 