way
how something is done or how it happens
How often you will meet it
Rank 112 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 229,047 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.109% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- how something is done or how it happens also: manner, mode, style, fashion her dignified mannerhis rapid manner of talking
- thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end also: means, agency a means of controlan example is the best agency of instruction
- a line leading to a place or point also: direction he looked the other directiondidn't know the way home
- the condition of things generally that's the way it isI felt the same way
- a course of conduct also: path, way of life the path of virtuewe went our separate ways
- 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 in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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So many travelers came this way today.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Slowly, painfully, he fought his way to a tentative self-respect.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I can now recreate life in a way that was hidden from me before.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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She led the way round the house to where tea was spread under the shade of a large sycamore.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Just think about it, then drop into the place where they keep 'em, on your way to supper, and order one!
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1