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semblance

 
 
/ˈsembləns/ noun

Translation

semblance of normality/order, etc a small amount of a quality, but not as much as you would like
görünüm, hava
Our lives have now returned to some semblance of normality.1744
(Definition of semblance noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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