lexical verb + IN + article + adjective + WAY (manner) – English Grammar Profiler
There are two points in the English Vocabulary Profile that relate to ‘way‘ in regards to manner:
way MANNER
C1[no plural] the manner in which someone behaves or thinks, or in which something happens
For example:
How do we measure changes in behavior in a meaningful way that‘s going to help us with prevention of disease,
early onset of disease, and tracking the progression of disease over a long period of time?
TED
in a big way INFORMAL
C2 used to say that someone or something does something to a large degree
For example:
The Japanese are here in a big way.
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_VV in _A _J way
1 BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN WAY 522 2 WORKS IN A SIMILAR WAY 485 3 WORK IN A SIMILAR WAY 426 4 USED IN THE RIGHT WAY 276 5 SERVED IN THE ORDINARY WAY 274 6 ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY 253 7 CONTRIBUTE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY 158 8 OPERATE IN A SIMILAR WAY 156 9 THINK IN A DIFFERENT WAY 136 10 CHANGE IN A BIG WAY 124 11 CONTRIBUTE IN A BIG WAY 119 12 PLAY IN A DIFFERENT WAY 119 13 PLAY IN A CERTAIN WAY 115 14 USED IN A SIMILAR WAY 111 15 USED IN A POSITIVE WAY 106 16 OPERATES IN A SIMILAR WAY 102 17 GOING IN THE RIGHT WAY 102 18 HELP IN A BIG WAY 95 19 WORK IN A DIFFERENT WAY 95 20 VOTE IN A PARTICULAR WAY 94 21 CONTRIBUTE IN A POSITIVE WAY 94 22 CHANGED IN A BIG WAY 86 23 TREATED IN A SIMILAR WAY 85 24 CONTRIBUTED IN NO SMALL WAY 82 25 BLOG IN AN EASY WAY 82 26 BEHAVE IN A PARTICULAR WAY 82 27 RESPOND IN THE RIGHT WAY 81 28 WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY 79 29 HELP IN A SMALL WAY 79 30 PREPARE IN THE RIGHT WAY 75 31 RESPOND IN A POSITIVE WAY 74 32 BEHAVING IN A CERTAIN WAY 71 33 RESPONDED IN A BIG WAY 67 34 OPERATE IN A DIFFERENT WAY 67 35 ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY 66 36 USED IN A DIFFERENT WAY 66 37 VOTE IN A CERTAIN WAY 66 38 TREATED IN A DIFFERENT WAY 65 39 GROW IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY 65 40 DRESS IN A CERTAIN WAY 65 41 CHANGED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY 65 42 BENEFIT IN A BIG WAY 64 43 DELIVERED IN A BIG WAY 64 44 HANDLED IN THE RIGHT WAY 62 45 CONTRIBUTING IN A BIG WAY 62 46 WORKS IN A DIFFERENT WAY 62 47 REBOUNDED IN A BIG WAY 61 48 REACT IN THE RIGHT WAY 59 49 ACT IN A PARTICULAR WAY 58 50 CELEBRATED IN A BIG WAY 57 51 CONTRIBUTE IN A SMALL WAY 56 52 ACT IN A SIMILAR WAY 54 53 FELT IN A BIG WAY 54 54 HAPPENING IN A BIG WAY 53 55 DIVIDED IN A DIFFERENT WAY 53 56 CONTRIBUTED IN A BIG WAY 51 57 REBOUND IN A BIG WAY 49 58 BEHAVE IN A DIFFERENT WAY 48 59 HELPED IN NO SMALL WAY 47 60 APPROACHED IN THE RIGHT WAY 47 61 PARTICIPATE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY 47 62 RESPOND IN THE BEST WAY 47 63 RESPOND IN A TIMELY WAY 46 64 USHER IN A NEW WAY 45 65 REACT IN A CERTAIN WAY 45
66 BEHAVE IN A SIMILAR WAY 42
B2: contribute, contributed, contributing, meaningful, participate, react, respond, responded, treated
C1: engage, sustainable