In A Way

Definition: In A Way

In A Way

Adverb

1. In some respects; "in a sense, language is like math".

2. From some points of view; "she was right in a way".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: In A Way

Infrequency

Once; once in a blue moon; once in a million years; once for all, once in a way; pro hac vice.

Pain

Uncomfortable, uneasy; ill at ease; in a taking, in a way; disturbed; discontented; out of humor; a; weary.

Resentment

Flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon.

Unconformity

Fish out of water; neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis.

Crosswords: In A Way

Of course i don't know that yet, and in a way i am dead already. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

It's inspiring in a way. (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

In a way America is like a ship and if we work together that's when the ship can get safely home. (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

I just wanted to say your song touched me deeply in a way I've never felt before and which way to the can? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Now Larry is and, in a way, so is everyone on the boat. (Ghost of the China Sea; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith)

In a way I know my heart is waking up (Breathe; performing artist: Faith Hill)

You get to me in a way I can't describe (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan)

In a Way (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There is always a look of consciousness or bustle when people come in a way which they know to be beneath them.

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Health

The urinary system is structured in a way that helps ward off infection. (references)

Brief doses of electrical stimulation can strengthen muscles in the lower pelvis in a way similar to exercising the muscles. (references)

Randomization refers to the placing of subjects into one of the treatment groups in a way that can't be predicted by the patients or investigators. (references)

Business

Industry observers wonder whether carriers will push their content services in a way that excludes other players. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

In the first 10 months of the year, police objected to 3 out of 1,860 demonstrations (two processions, one meeting) on the grounds that they were likely to cause undue disruption to vehicular traffic in a way that would affect emergency vehicles responding to emergencies. (references)

Hong Kong

Debate continues over the desirability of privatizing RTHK. In November 2000, a lawyer sued two radio talk show hosts for defamation, and the Court of Final Appeal ordered a retrial when it ruled that the trial judge in a lower court had misdirected a jury in a way that could endanger freedom of speech. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

The new system computes duties in a way that avoids wide fluctuations. (references)

Political Economy

DENMARK

Also in 2001, Denmark introduced a new levy on blank music CDs, the proceeds of which will be shared with U.S. rightholders in a way similar to the present, but naturally declining in value, levy on blank audio tapes. (references)

Travel

Hong Kong

Visas allowing residence and local employment for expatriates are granted on the basis of simple, comprehensible procedures, are handled in a timely manner and managed in a way that is consistent with the interests of employees. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "in a way": once in a way. Additional references.

Afrikaans

asof (as if, as though). (various references)

Albanian

gjoja (allegedly, as if, as though, mock, ostensibly, professedly, quasi, seeming, supposing, would be), deri diku. (various references)

Arabic 

‏وسيلة (appliance, connection, connexion, contrivance, device, engine, expedience, expediency, expedient, facility, instrument, instrumentation, intermediary, makeshift, mean, measure, modality, resource, string, tactic, twist). (various references)

Chinese 

南轅北轍 (act in a way that defeats one's purpose). (various references)

Czech

jaksi (kind of, sort of). (various references)

Dutch

of alsof (as if, as though), als het ware (as if, as though), als (as, as if, as though, how, if, like, nearly, provided that, such a, such as, what a, when). (various references)

Esperanto

kvazaŭ (as if, as though). (various references)

Finnish

ikäänkuin (as if, as it were, as though). (various references)

French

presque. (various references)

Frisian

oft (as if, as though), krekt as (as if, as though), as (arbor, as, as if, as though, axis, axle, how, if, like, provided that, shaft, spindle, such as). (various references)

German

gleichsam (as if, as though, quasi), als ob (as if, as though). (various references)

Greek 

κατά κάποιο τρόπο, με ένα τρόπο. (various references)

Hawaiian

gjoja (as if, as though). (various references)

Hebrew 

במ�"ת מ�" (partly, pretty, rather, sort of), באפן. (various references)

Hungarian

valahogy (anyway, aught, kind of, somehow, sort of). (various references)

Italian

in un certo senso, come se (as if, as though, if, like, whether). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay aay ayway

Polish

niby (as if, as though), jakby (as if, as though). (various references)

Romanian

odatã din întâmplare (once in a way). (various references)

Russian 

будто (as if, as though). (various references)

Spanish

en cierto sentido (in a certain sense), como si (as if, as though). (various references)

Sranan

netleki (as if, as though), neleki (as if, as though). (various references)

Turkish

sankí (as if, as though), bir bakıma. (various references)

quasi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: away, awny, ayin, wain, wany, winy, yawn.

-3 letters: ain, ana, ani, any, awa, awn, naw, nay, wan, way, win, wyn, yaw, yin.

-4 letters: aa, ai, an, aw, ay, in, na, ya.

+2 letters: trainway.

+3 letters: trainways, wayfaring, waylaying.

+4 letters: highwayman, jaywalking, pantywaist.

+5 letters: causewaying, pantywaists.