Way - Definition

adv 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" [syn:
way, right smart]
n 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, way, 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, way]
3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other
direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: 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" [syn: 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" [syn: 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"