"Would you mind telling me in a general way what kind of a guy he was?"

There was talk of work, but in a general way.

In a general way he knew what she was doing.

This has as yet not been done in any general way.

Just tell me in a general way what to put into it.

I'm just telling you about things in a general way.

I had known in a general way what was going to happen.

That is not something we can simply do in some general way.

Robert had been able to keep track of her in a general way.

Or perhaps he can, at least in a more general way.