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—wayless, adj./way/, n.1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.2. characteristic or habitual manner: Her way is to work quietly and never complain.3. a method, plan, or means for attaining a goal: to find a way to reduce costs.4. a respect or particular: The plan is defective in several ways.5. a direction or vicinity: Look this way. We're having a drought out our way.6. passage or progress on a course: to make one's way on foot; to lead the way.8. a path or course leading from one place to another: What's the shortest way to town?9. Brit.a. an old Roman or pre-Roman road: Icknield Way.b. a minor street in a town: He lives in Stepney Way.10. a road, route, passage, or channel (usually used in combination): highway; waterway; doorway.11. Law. a right of way.12. any line of passage or travel, used or available: to blaze a way through dense woods.13. space for passing or advancing: to clear a way through the crowd.14. Often, ways. a habit or custom: The grandmother lived by the ways of the old country.15. course or mode of procedure that one chooses or wills: They had to do it my way.16. condition, as to health, prosperity, or the like: to be in a bad way.17. range or extent of experience or notice: the best device that ever came in my way.18. a course of life, action, or experience: The way of transgressors is hard.19. Informal. business: to be in the haberdashery way.20. Naut.a. ways, two or more ground ways down which a hull slides in being launched.b. movement or passage through the water.21. Mach. a longitudinal strip, as in a planer, guiding a moving part along a surface.22. by the way, in the course of one's remarks; incidentally: By the way, have you received that letter yet?23. by way of,a. by the route of; through; via.b. as a method or means of: to number articles by way of distinguishing them.c. Brit. in the state or position of (being, doing, etc.); ostensibly: He is by way of being an authority on the subject.24. come one's way, to come to one; befall one: A bit of good fortune came my way.25. give way,a. to withdraw or retreat: The army gave way before the advance of the enemy.b. to collapse; yield; break down: You will surely give way under the strain of overwork.26. give way to,a. to yield to: He gave way to their entreaties.b. to become unrestrained or uninhibited; lose control of (one's temper, emotions, etc.): I gave way to my rage and ordered them from the house.27. go all the way, Slang.a. to do completely or wholeheartedly.b. to take a decisive action, esp. one from which no retreat is possible: Neither side wants to go all the way with nuclear warfare.c. to engage in sexual intercourse.28. go out of one's way, to do something that inconveniences one; make an unusual effort: Please don't go out of your way on my account.29. have a way with, to have a charming, persuasive, or effective manner of dealing with: He has a way with children; to have a way with words.30. have one's way with, (esp. of a man) to have sexual intercourse with, sometimes by intimidating or forcing one's partner.31. in a family way, pregnant.32. in a way, after a fashion; to some extent: In a way, she's the nicest person I know.33. in someone's way, forming a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction: She might have succeeded in her ambition, had not circumstances been in her way. Also, in the way.34. lead the way,a. to go along a course in advance of others, as a guide.b. to take the initiative; be first or most prominent: In fashion she has always led the way.35. make one's way,a. to go forward; proceed: to make one's way through the mud.b. to achieve recognition or success; advance: to make one's way in the world.36. make way,a. to allow to pass; clear the way: Make way for the king!b. to relinquish to another; withdraw: He resigned to make way for a younger man.c. Naut. to make forward or astern progress even though engines are not running.38. out of the way,a. in a state or condition so as not to obstruct or hinder.b. dealt with; disposed of: I feel better, now that one problem is out of the way.c. murdered: to have a person put out of the way.d. out of the frequented way; at a distance from the usual route.e. improper; amiss: There was something decidedly out of the way about her explanation.f. extraordinary; unusual: Such behavior was out of the way for him.40. see one's way clear, to regard as suitable or possible; consider seriously: We couldn't see our way clear to spending so much money at once. Also, see one's way.41. take one's way, to start out; travel; go: He took his way across the park and headed uptown.[bef. 900; ME wei(gh)e, wai, OE weg; c. D, G Weg, ON vegr, Goth wigs; akin to L vehere to carry]Syn. 3. scheme, device. See method. 4. detail, part. 7. space, interval. 10. track. 14. usage, practice, wont.way2/way/, adv.1. Also, 'way. away; from this or that place: Go way.2. to a great degree or at quite a distance; far: way too heavy; way down the road.[1175-1225; ME, aph. var. of AWAY]
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