in a way

1. To a certain extent, with reservations; also, in some respects. For example, In a way I like the new styles, or You're right, in a way, but we have to consider the price. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

"I was gutted in a way, because obviously they were still getting it," she said.

From BBC

“The evidence shows that human influence is warming the atmosphere, ocean, and land in a way that is unprecedented for many centuries to millennia,” they wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

And so it tries to help them rebuild their lives in a way that protects them and others.

From BBC

“I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life to make this record, in a way,” she told Salon.

From Salon

“This project is going to activate the whole campus in a way we’ve never seen,” Johnson says.

From Los Angeles Times