there is smth + adj. ... in the way

(See the examples below)

...there was something disturbingly resolute and self-important in the way he asked her ...

There was something strange in (about) the way he greeted me that morning.

There was something disturbing (in) about the way the girl entered the room.

There was something special in the way she dresses on Sundays.

Source: (Arakin 4, 108)