Emily Dickinson Lexicon

way (-s), n. [OE weg.] (webplay: act, advance, belt, broad, come, die, discourse, earth, enemy, farmers, go, heavens, know, lane, light, life, manner, magnify, meaning, men, motion, opinion, passing, place, practice, road, space, star, street, thinking, travel, weigh, works, year).

1. Lifestyle; [fig.] Christian covenant; gospel calling; (see Matthew 7:14).
2. Path; road; route; avenue.
3. Manner; fashion; style; custom; habit; practice.
4. Period; amount of time; [fig.] distance.
5. State of being; tendency; perception.
6. Means; device; implementation.
7. Direction; course.
8. Distance; length.
9. Appropriate method; proper procedure; effective process; correct technique; right course of action; most effective means.
10. Condition; situation; circumstance.
11. Gate; passage; medium of access.
12. Journey; quest; trek.
13. Phrase. “By the way”: in passing; down the road; along the path; in the route commonly taken; [word play] in the process; in the course of events.