From what you tell me, he's by way of being the brains of the family..
Why they hesitated I never could tell, unless they did it by way of a joke.
I always go over the wall, by way of the plum tree, said Matilda.
... on your legs." Which is by way of asking you to consider the possibility that there are ...
... it is purely hypothetical by way of example, and not a thing that I think we should do. ...