"by way of" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions prépositives en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "pos_title": "Locution prépositive",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "En passant par."
      ],
      "id": "fr-by_way_of-en-prep-bYRn9s8O"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "De nature à."
      ],
      "id": "fr-by_way_of-en-prep-Gyiv4-yI"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages à vérifier en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Conan Doyle, The Lost World, 1912",
          "text": "Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth — a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centred upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of such a father-in-law. I am convinced that he really believed in his heart that I came round to the Chestnuts three days a week for the pleasure of his company, and very especially to hear his views upon bimetallism – a subject upon which he was by way of being an authority."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "."
      ],
      "id": "fr-by_way_of-en-prep-zbTuKupp",
      "raw_tags": [
        "information à préciser ou à vérifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "by way of"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Locutions prépositives en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "pos_title": "Locution prépositive",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "En passant par."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "De nature à."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages à vérifier en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Conan Doyle, The Lost World, 1912",
          "text": "Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth — a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centred upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of such a father-in-law. I am convinced that he really believed in his heart that I came round to the Chestnuts three days a week for the pleasure of his company, and very especially to hear his views upon bimetallism – a subject upon which he was by way of being an authority."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "information à préciser ou à vérifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "by way of"
}