in some way



after a fashion, by chance, incidentally, perchance, somehow ,

   graceful gesture - amenity, attention, civility, courtesy, favour ,

   mundane - animal, arid, barren, carnal, carnal-minded, common, commonplace, dry, dull, earthbound, earthly, earthy, everyday, flat, fleshly,

   lustrous - aglow, beaming, blushing, bright, bright and sunny, brilliant, burning, burnished, charismatic, effulgent, flushing, glamorous, glassy, gleaming, glimmering,

   in a fix - abashed, abroad, adrift, astray, at sea, bewildered, bothered, confused, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, distracted, distraught, disturbed,

   in some way - after a fashion, by chance, incidentally, perchance, somehow ,

   pretensions - airs, pretension, side, swank ,

   peck at - bug, carp, fret, fuss, hassle, henpeck, nag, nibble, niggle, peck, pester, pick, snack, yap ,

   silver-grey - ashen, dapple, dappled, dingy, dismal, dreary, dull, dusty, glaucous, grey, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, leaden, livid,

   price index - ceiling, floor, inflation, inflationary spiral ,

   send word - acquaint, advertise, advise, apprise, brief, broadcast, communicate, convey, disclose, disseminate, enlighten, familiarize, get across, get over, give,