In The Way Of Meaning

Example : 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, ch. 12:  He had seen Death many times, - met him in the way of trade, and got acquainted with him.1903, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, ch. 13:  Of what that involves in the way of doctrine I have no idea nor the time to inform myself.2011 Sept. 2, Sonia van Gilder Cooke, "Harvard's a Bargain — If You're From the U.K.," Time:  Certainly their extracurricular talents in the way of sport have not gone unnoticed.1882, Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, ch. 34:  The King sought out the farmer who had been branded and sold as a slave . . . and put him in the way of a comfortable livelihood.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, ch. 4:  But it would certainly put her in the way of a grand marriage.1990, Stephen King, The Stand, ch. 59:  I am in the way of knowing that one of you will not reach your destination, but I don’t know which will be the one to fall. I am in the way of knowing that the rest will be taken before this man Flagg, who is not a man at all but a supernatural being. [...] It’s not my place to argue with you, or convince, but only to put you in the way of understanding God’s plan for you.1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, ch. 19:  "My dear young friend, rely upon my doing my little all in your absence, by keeping the fact before the mind of Joseph. - Joseph!" said Mr. Pumblechook, in the way of a compassionate adjuration.1906, O. Henry, "The Gift Of The Magi":  I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less.