IN A WAY

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does in a way mean? 

• IN A WAY (adverb)
  The adverb IN A WAY has 1 sense:

1. from some points of view

  Familiarity information: IN A WAY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN A WAY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

From some points of view

Context example:

she was right in a way

 Context examples 

We discovered that FKBP51 can change its shape in a way that FKBP52 can't, and this allowed the development of highly selective inhibitors.

(Depression, Obesity, Chronic Pain Could be Treated by Targeting the Same Key Protein, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In a way, it spoke a kindred speech.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Captain Wentworth looked round at her instantly in a way which shewed his noticing of it.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It was that of a bearded man, but the beard was short and bristled forward in a way very different from that of the captain.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Jupiter is talking to us in a way only gas-giant worlds can," said Bill Kurth, co-investigator for the Waves instrument from the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

(Jupiter's North Pole Unlike Anything Encountered in Solar System, NASA)

The studied cells had formed functioning synapses – connections from one neuron to another – and responded to light in a way that’s typical of a type of interneuron.

(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)

It was all his own courage, and a body may say, his kindness, in a way, ma'am: he wouldn't leave the house till every one else was out before him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

For more love and fun, March will be golden, but April is due to be positively sparkling in a way you’ve not seen in a long time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In a way he was prepared to do this.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw François, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)