noun
how something is done or how it happens
Synonyms
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
Synonyms
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
Synonyms
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
Synonyms
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
Synonyms
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