Habitual or ordinary manner of procedure; way, custom, practice. course of nature (formerly course of kind): the ordinary procedure of nature; the…

figurative. The usual or most direct course of action, thought, speech, etc.

The customary or accepted manner of acting or behaving; the typical manner in which things happen or are done. Cf. the way of the world at phrases…

the common (also general, usual) road: the usual, ordinary, or expected course or type of something. Chiefly with out of. Cf. run, n.2 45a. Obsolete.

figurative. A course of action or conduct; a method of proceeding; ‘way’, ‘path’. the beaten track, the ordinary (quasi well-worn) way.

The average, ordinary, or usual type or class; the bulk, the generality; the majority of people or things. Frequently with modifying adjective, as ge…