a bad way

“The law of the three states is mainly evolved from his own consciousness, and is only a bad way of expressing that tendency to personification which is inherent in man.”

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley

“Standing, dawn after dawn, in the driveway watching two enormous rabbits dry-humping while holding a cooling cup of coffee is a bad way to start the day.”

Simon & Schuster: MY EMPIRE OF DIRT

“A decree of the Council held at Cloveshoe in 747, pointing out the want of instruction among the religious, and ordering all bishops, abbots, and abbesses to promote and encourage learning, whether it means that monkish education was on the wane or that it was not making such quick progress as was desired, at any rate does not mean that England was in a bad way in this respect, or that she lagged behind the Continent.”

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages

“It’s not a bad way of spending one’s time, and Mrs Croc. ’s invalid diet is to be commended.”

The Rising of the Moon

“She wur in a bad way enow – said she'd been out on th 'tramp fur nigh a week – seemit a bit out o' her head.”

That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story