Way

Word WAY
Character 3
Hyphenation way
Pronunciations /weɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Way"

What do we mean by way?

A road, path, or highway affording passage from one place to another. noun

An opening affording passage. noun

Space to proceed. noun

Opportunity to advance. noun

A course that is or may be used in going from one place to another. noun

Progress or travel along a certain route or in a specific direction. noun

Distance. noun

A course of conduct or action. noun

A manner or method of doing something: synonym: method. noun

Used with a personal pronoun as the object of various verbs to indicate progress toward an objective. noun

A usual or habitual manner or mode of being, living, or acting. noun

An individual or personal manner of behaving, acting, or doing. noun

A specific direction. noun

A participant. Often used in combination. noun

(heading) To do with a place or places.

A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

A state or condition

(heading) Personal interaction.

A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.

Speed, progress, momentum.

A degree, an amount, a sense.

(As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.

The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Way

The word "way" in example sentences

August 24, 2009 at 11:28 am hee hee. ai had to go bak and reed taht agin. taht is purty funnee. ***waves grey floofy paw inna way ober der across the us way*** ❋ Unknown (2009)

That said, looking at this crowd, I think it was way, * way* more than the published guestimate of 200,000. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He just lies there, in his quiet pillow man way, on top of my lilac duvet (~because you always liked it best on top in your not so quiet way~) ❋ Wendchymes (2007)

I don't wanna be this way, but I really do not know any other way~ and yet, then why am I so afraid to die? ❋ Wendchymes (2007)

Fifteen years ago maybe they would have had the clout to start pushing digital reading devices something that's way, _way_ overdue, and not because it's a terrible idea at its root like the flying car, but they probably don't now. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They had so many dead bodies coming from the Ninth Ward up our way and they had people that was drowned up my way, [I was] pushing them out the way…. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But things have a funny way of going the opposite way… ❋ J-gan (2004)

I got the kickback ten minutes later, and the scene went from way off to way, _way_ off. ❋ Ellroy, James (1994)

QUOTATION: Upon the standard to which the wise and honest will now repair it is written: “You have lived the easy way; henceforth, you will live the hard way…. ❋ Unknown (1989)

"In some way she had found out that Jerry Belknap was a man to be bought; she obtained an interview with him, and offered him two thousand dollars if he would _get John Burrill out of her way_!" ❋ Lawrence L. Lynch (N/A)

There are some who choose to walk in a way which seems right in their eyes, a way of selfishness, and pride, and obstinacy; they will have _their own way_, they tell us. ❋ H. J. Wilmot-Buxton (N/A)

"The soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way;" "but the Lord led them by _the right way_." ❋ Clara M. S. Lowe (N/A)

Under a pull five times greater than normal gravity, they had tired in one-fifth the time they would have at one gravity, but their brains were still wide awake, trying to think of some way -- _any way_ -- to get away from the dark sun. ❋ John Wood Campbell (1940)

It's lovely there -- the woods and the river and all those funny little tugs puffing along, way _way_ down below you -- why, I could lie on the rocks up there and just dream and dream for hours. ❋ Sinclair Lewis (1918)

In any case, _if the number of lines of force be increased, the current will flow in one way, and if it be diminished the current will flow in the other way_. ❋ George Patterson (1910)

The way to divinity—if the word “way” can be applied to what never leads to its end—is open to him in every direction. ❋ Unknown (1909)

See that the way is free of hindrance before cutting the tree, also _clear the way_ for the swing of your extended _hatchet_. ❋ Lina Beard (1888)

"I shall be dreadfully in the way -- _his way_, I mean -- and he will want to send me out of the room, and I shall not go -- no, not if I fall asleep on a chair looking at him." ❋ Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1875)

_Not_ by "repentance," _not_ by "prayer and forgiveness" is the way to God: _only the Gospel way_ leads to God -- it is _itself_ "God!" ❋ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1872)

It is a happy fact that _the right way is the easiest way_, and a fundamental truth that = right effort is the result of right thought =. ❋ Thomas Fillebrown (1872)

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