ways

Noun

• structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
• how something is done or how it happens
• how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
• a line leading to a place or point
• the condition of things generally
• a course of conduct
  • "we went our separate ways"
• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
• a journey or passage
• space for movement
• the property of distance in general
  • "he went a long ways"
• doing as one pleases or chooses
• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'
• a portion of something divided into shares
  • "they split the loot three ways"
• plural of way
• A distance.

Examples

• a little ways out
• We walked a ways from my house to the mall.

Synonyms

agency, direction, elbow room, fashion, manner, means, mode, path, room, shipway, slipway, style, way, way of life