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. Direction; course.
2. Path; road; route; avenue.
3. Manner; fashion; style; custom; habit; practice.
4. Means; device; implementation.
5. Distance; length.
6. Journey; quest; trek.
7. State of being; tendency; perception.
8. Appropriate method; proper procedure; effective process; correct technique; right course of action; most effective means.
9. Gate; passage; medium of access.
10. [Fig.] Christian lifestyle; gospel calling.
11. Condition; situation; circumstance.
12. Period; amount of time; [fig.] distance.
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.