OXFORD 9000
📚 phrase • entry_id 54516

by way of

Meanings (ES + gloss)
a fuer de • a la manera de • a manera de
By the route of.
From Shakespeare to Milton by way of the English Bible, our language has been shaped by humanist ideas.
Intensity was more usually reached by way of the solemn than by way of the brilliant.
a modo de • en concepto de
For the purpose of; as a means of; as an instance of; as a type or form of.
By way of apology, he tried to be gallant.
By way of qualification, I should point out that…
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