in a way

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in a way

1. To a certain degree; to an extent; in a certain sense.

   Synonyms: after a fashion, in a sense, in a manner of speaking

   Antonyms: wholly, categorically; see also Thesaurus:completely

   Coordinate term: as it were

   • 2020 April, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why we won't avoid a climate catastrophe[1]”, in National Geographic:

     As an adult, I became a journalist whose beat is the environment. In a way, I’ve turned my youthful preoccupations into a profession.

Related terms

• in the way
• once in a way
• one way or another

 

Translations

to a certain degree, or in a certain sense

• Dutch: in zekere zin
• Finnish: tavallaan (fi)
• French: dans un sens (fr), d’une certaine façon, dans un certain sens, dans une certaine mesure (fr)
• German: in gewisser Weise, gewissermaßen (de)
• Greek: κάπως (el) (kápos), περίπου (el) (perípou)
• Hungarian: bizonyos értelemben
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: delvis, til dels, til en viss grad

  Nynorsk: delvis, til dels, til ei viss grad

• Polish: w pewnym sensie, niejako (pl), poniekąd (pl)
• Portuguese: de certa forma
• Romanian: într-un fel
• Russian: в не́котором ро́де (ru) (v nékotorom róde), в не́которой сте́пени (v nékotoroj stépeni)
• Swedish: på ett sätt, på sätt och vis (sv)
• Turkish: bir bakıma (tr)

See also

• somehow or other