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ADVERB | 1 | way, right smart | To a great degree or by a great distance |
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NOUN | 1 | way, manner, mode, style, fashion | How something is done or how it happens |
2 | way, means, agency | How a result is obtained or an end is achieved | |
3 | way | A journey or passage | |
4 | way | The condition of things generally | |
5 | way, path, way of life | A course of conduct | |
6 | way | Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another | |
7 | way, direction | A line leading to a place or point | |
8 | way, ways | The property of distance in general | |
9 | way | Doing as one pleases or chooses | |
10 | way | A general category of things | |
11 | way, room, elbow room | Space for movement | |
12 | way | A portion of something divided into shares |
Sounds | wey' |
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Rhymes | airway, alleyway, anyway, and 67 more rhymes in wey at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | How something is done or how it happens. |
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Examples | "a lonely way of life" |
Synonyms | manner, mode, style, fashion |
Narrower | artistic style, idiom; drape; fit; form; life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi; setup; touch, signature; wise |
Broader | property |
Meaning | How a result is obtained or an end is achieved. |
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Examples | "the true way to success" |
Synonyms | means, agency |
Narrower | dint; escape; fast track; instrument, tool; road; stepping stone; expedient; desperate measure; open sesame; salvation; tooth; voice; wings |
Broader | implementation, effectuation |
Meaning | A journey or passage. |
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Examples | "they are on the way" |
Broader | journey, journeying |
Meaning | The condition of things generally. |
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Examples | "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way" |
Broader | condition, status |
Meaning | A course of conduct. |
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Examples | "we went our separate ways" |
Synonyms | path, way of life |
Narrower | ambages; primrose path; straight and narrow, strait and narrow; Sunnah, Sunna, hadith; warpath |
Broader | course, course of action |
Meaning | Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another. |
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Examples | "he said he was looking for the way out" |
Part of | transportation system, transportation, transit |
Parts | wayside, roadside |
Narrower | access, approach; lane; passage; path; road, route; stairway, staircase, stairs, steps; watercourse, waterway |
Broader | artifact, artefact |
Meaning | A line leading to a place or point. |
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Examples | "didn't know the way home" |
Synonyms | direction |
Narrower | bearing, heading, aim; course, trend; qibla; tendency, trend |
Broader | path, route, itinerary |
Meaning | The property of distance in general. |
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Examples | "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" |
Synonyms | ways |
Broader | distance |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | Doing as one pleases or chooses. |
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Examples | "if I had my way" |
Broader | choice, pick, selection |
Meaning | A general category of things. Used in the expression `in the way of'. |
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Examples | "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" |
Broader | category |
Meaning | Space for movement. |
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Examples | "make way for" |
Synonyms | room, elbow room |
Narrower | seating, seats, seating room, seating area; standing room; breathing room, breathing space; headroom, headway, clearance; houseroom; living space, lebensraum; parking; sea room |
Broader | position, spatial relation |
Meaning | A portion of something divided into shares. |
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Examples | "the split the loot three ways" |
Broader | share, portion, part, percentage |
Meaning | To a great degree or by a great distance. Very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States). |
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Examples | "way over budget"; "way off base" |
Synonyms | right smart |
Usage | colloquialism |