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(adverb) (informal) to a great degree or by a great distance; very much; "way over budget"; "way off base"; "right smart" is regional (US S and Midland) as in "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" |
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Synonyms: right smart |
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(noun) a journey or passage; "they are on the way" |
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Related Words: journey, journeying |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: path, way of life |
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Related Words: course, free-living, primrose path, straight and narrow, vanity fair, warpath |
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(noun) any road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
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Related Words: access, approach, artefact, artifact, lane, passage, path, road, route, staircase, stairs, stairway, steps |
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(noun) the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways" |
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Synonyms: ways |
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Related Words: distance |
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(noun) doing as one pleases or chooses: "if I had my way" |
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Related Words: choice, pick, selection |
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(noun) a general category of things; used in the expression "in the way of": "they didn't have much in the way of clothing" |
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Related Words: category |
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(noun) a portion of something divided into shares: "the split the loot three ways" |
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Related Words: part, percentage, portion, share |
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(noun) the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is" or "I felt the same way" |
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Related Words: condition, status |
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(noun) a line leading to a place or point: "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
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Synonyms: direction |
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Related Words: aim, bearing, course, heading, path, route, tendency, trend |
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(noun) space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for": "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" |
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Synonyms: elbow room, room |
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Related Words: breathing room, breathing space, clearance, headroom, headway, houseroom, lebensraum, living space, parking, position, sea room, seating, seating area, seating room, seats, spatial relation, standing room |
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(noun) how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of communcation"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" |
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Synonyms: agency, means |
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Related Words: desperate measure, dint, effectuation, escape, expedient, implementation, instrument, open sesame, road, salvation, stepping stone, tool, tooth, voice, wings |
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(noun) a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a way of life" |
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Synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, style |
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Related Words: artistic style, fit, form, idiom, life style, life-style, lifestyle, method, modus vivendi, property, setup, signature, touch, wise |
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