they soldered the bottom of a tin dish on the top of his skull the way you could hear his brains ticking inside — James Stephens
it's only letting on you are to be lonesome, the way you'd get around me now — J.M.Synge
3. : in view of the manner in which
you'd think we were millionaires, the way we have to finance this department — Dorothy Sayers
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the Way
The Christian Religion (from Bible, Acts 9.2, etc)
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Main Entry: ↑way
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the way
informal
1
— used to say what someone's way of speaking, behaving, etc., seems to suggest
You'd think she was rich, the way she spends money! [=she spends money like a rich person]
The way he talks, you would think he ran the company. [=he talks as if he were the person who runs the company]
2
— used to say that something happens or is done with the same attitude, at the same pace, etc., as something else
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Main Entry: ↑way
Useful english dictionary. 2012.