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曲がりなりにも

曲り形にも

Reading

Kana: まがりなりにも
Romaji: magarinarinimo
Kana
Romaji

Definition

adv
1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

Kanji

Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Readings: ケイ、 ギョウ、 かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
Meanings: shape, form, style

Example Sentences

()がりなりにも(かれ)原稿(げんこう)()()えた。
➥Though imperfectly, he finished writing his manuscript.
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「まがりなりにも(つう)じている」ということと「(ただ)しい英語(えいご)使(つか)っている」ということには雲泥(うんでい)()があります。
➥There is a world of difference between, "somehow being understood" and "using correct English."
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(かれ)苦学(くがく)して()がりなりにも大学(だいがく)()た。
➥Somehow he managed to work his way through college.
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