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Answer for the clue "In search of a style, to a certain extent ", 15 letters:
after a fashion

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. to some extent; not very well; "he speaks French after a fashion"

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Fashion \Fash"ion\, n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact , Feat , and cf. Faction .] The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, ...

Usage examples of after a fashion.

These molecules make contact with the body, so the sense does involve physical contact after a fashion.

I suppose I came to love her after a fashion, though our relations were dutiful rather than passionate.

It was luck that had placed the Ship near a star with a planetary system, luck that the Ship arrived there with a speed low enough for Hugh to counteract it in a ship's auxiliary craft, luck that he learned to handle it after a fashion before they starved or lost themselves in deep space.

Fortunately, I can do most of the building trades myself, after a fashion.

Much better here, inside the wagon circle, his back to the north, where he could forget after a fashion.

All of them spoke one or more European languages-after a fashion-and they took great pride in their appearance.