- 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"
- 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 line leading to a place or point;
"he looked the other direction"
"didn't know the way home"
- the condition of things generally;
"that's the way it is"
"I felt the same 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"
- a journey or passage;
"they are on the way"
- space for movement;
"room to pass"
"make way for"
"hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
- 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 portion of something divided into shares;
"they split the loot three ways"
