Are you trying to hyphenate way? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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How something is done or how it happens Her dignified manner His rapid manner of talking Their nomadic mode of existence In the characteristic New York style A lonely way of life In an abrasive fashion |
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How a result is obtained or an end is achieved A means of control An example is the best agency of instruction The true way to success |
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A line leading to a place or point He looked the other direction Didn't know the way home |
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The condition of things generally That's the way it is I felt the same way |
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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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Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another He said he was looking for the way out |
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A journey or passage They are on the way |
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Space for movement Room to pass Make way for Hardly enough elbow room to turn around |
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The property of distance in general It's a long way to Moscow He went a long ways |
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Doing as one pleases or chooses If I had my way |
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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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A portion of something divided into shares They split the loot three ways |
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To a great degree or by a great distance Very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States) Way over budget Way off base The other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on |