way

way (http://definr.com/way)

     n 1: a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the
          characteristic New York style"; "a way of life" [syn: manner,
           mode, style, 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]
     3: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
     4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is" or
        "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: 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 line leading to a place or point: "he looked the other
        direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction]
     8: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
        Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways" [syn: ways]
     9: doing as one pleases or chooses: "if I had my way"
     10: a general category of things; used in the expression "in the
         way of": "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
     11: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for": "hardly
         enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, {elbow
         room}]
     12: a portion of something divided into shares: "the split the
         loot three ways"
     adv : (informal) to a great degree or by a great distance; very
           much; "way over budget"; "way off base"; "right smart"
           is regional (US S and Midland) as in "the other side of
           the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are
           on" [syn: right smart]