- 曲がりなり
- まがりなり【曲がりなり】
●曲がりなりにやってのける blunder [muddle] through 《an affair》
・曲がりなりにも somehow [in some way] or other; after a fashion; though imperfectly; though not quite satisfactorily
・曲がりなりにも学校を出る manage to finish school after a fashion.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.