All 8 Uses of

approach

in

Hush, Hush

And like all science, the best approach is to learn by sleuthing.
p. 11.6 *

approach = way of doing something

If I had any illusions about keeping up with him, I was going to have to figure out a new approach.
p. 37.9

If you approach reproduction with an eye to science, Miss Sky, you'll see that children are the key to the survival of our species.†
p. 36.3

If you want to approach this with a morbid outlook, you could even say if you don't get answers, you could wind up dead.†
p. 176.5

The sound of approaching footsteps tapped in my ears, but whether they were near or far, I couldn't tell.†
p. 275.2 *

His approach wasn't all that different from a cloud eclipsing the sun, subtly darkening the landscape, hinting of a storm.†
p. 349.2

I WAITED TO HEAR footsteps approach, but the only sound came from the ticking of a clock: a rhythmic, steady pounding through the silence.†
p. 380.2

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.