way

Adverb

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
  • way over budget
    
  • way off base
    
  • the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on
    

Noun

• a portion of something divided into shares
  • they split the loot three ways
    

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'
  • they didn't have much in the way of clothing
    

• doing as one pleases or chooses
  • if I had my way
    

• the property of distance in general
  • it's a long way to Moscow
    
  • he went a long ways
    

• space for movement
  • room to pass
    
  • make way for
    
  • hardly enough elbow room to turn around
    

• a journey or passage
  • they are on the way
    

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
  • he said he was looking for the way out
    

• a course of conduct
  • the path of virtue
    
  • we went our separate ways
    
  • our paths in life led us apart
    
  • genius usually follows a revolutionary path
    

• the condition of things generally
  • that's the way it is
    
  • I felt the same way
    

• a line leading to a place or point
  • he looked the other direction
    
  • didn't know the way home
    

• how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
  • a means of control
    
  • an example is the best agency of instruction
    
  • the true way to success
    

• how something is done or how it happens
  • her dignified manner
    
  • his rapid manner of talking
    
  • their nomadic mode of existence
    
  • in the characteristic New York style
    
  • a lonely way of life
    
  • in an abrasive fashion
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  right smart , room , elbow room , path , way of life , direction , means , agency , manner , mode , style , fashion