way (noun)
1: 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" [syn: manner, mode, style, fashion]
2: 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" [syn: means, agency]
3: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
5: 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" [syn: path, [[way of life]]]
6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
7: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction]
8: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" [syn: ways]
9: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
10: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
11: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, [[elbow room]]]
12: a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways" adv : 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" [syn: [[right smart]]]