way in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   means  agency  way 
   
2. a line leading to a place or point
   "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
   direction  way 
   
3. space for movement
   "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
   room  way  elbow room 
   
4. 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"
   manner  mode  style  way  fashion 
   
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"
   way  path  way of life 
   
6. a journey or passage
   "they are on the way"
   way 
   
7. any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
   "he said he was looking for the way out"
   way 
   
8. the property of distance in general
   "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
   way 
   
9. doing as one pleases or chooses
   "if I had my way"
   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"
    way 
    
11. a portion of something divided into shares
    "they split the loot three ways"
    way 
    
12. the condition of things generally
    "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
    way 
    

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"
   way  right smart  way  right smart