way

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"

synset: manner, mode, style, way, fashion

2. thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"

synset: means, agency, way

3. a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"

synset: direction, 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"

synset: way, 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 journey or passage; "they are on the way"

8. space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"

synset: room, way, elbow_room

9. the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"

10. doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"

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

12. a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways"

1. 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"

synset: way, right_smart

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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