noun
                                                how something is done or how it happens
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - 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
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - a means of control
- an example is the best agency of instruction
- the true way to success
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a line leading to a place or point
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he looked the other direction
- didn't know the way home
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the condition of things generally
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - that's the way it is
- I felt the same way
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a course of conduct
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the path of virtue
- we went our separate ways
- our paths in life led us apart
- genius usually follows a revolutionary path
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he said he was looking for the way out
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a journey or passage
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - they are on the way
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                space for movement
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - room to pass
- make way for
- hardly enough elbow room to turn around
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the property of distance in general
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - it's a long way to Moscow
- he went a long ways
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                doing as one pleases or chooses
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - if I had my way
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a general category of things
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - used in the expression `in the way of'
- they didn't have much in the way of clothing
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a portion of something divided into shares
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - they split the loot three ways
 
                                                                                        
                                                adverb
                                                to a great degree or by a great distance
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                                                                                                                                        right smart
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - 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