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";
a journey or passage; "they are on the way";
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";
any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out";
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";
the property of distance in general; "it''s a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways";
doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way";
a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of''; "they didn''t have much in the way of clothing";
a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn''t know the way home";
a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways";
space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around";
the condition of things generally; "that''s the way it is"; "I felt the same way";
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";
