Way

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Chicago skyway. Library of Congress photo

Path

  • I got some bread on the way back home.
  • I'm on my way.
    • highway, motorway, tollway,
    • skyway, freeway, etc.

Method

  • That's not the way I do it. cf. That's not how I do it.
  • What's the best way to keep bugs from eating your tomatoes?

Manner

  • That's no way to speak to your (mother) / (father) / (boss) / (employees)!
  • The way (that) she talks, you would think (that) she was the boss.
  • That's just the way (that) things have always been done.

Degree Modifier

(Here way is a very informal equivalent of much or far...)

  • That's way too much work.
  • That's way too big.
  • -- No way! C'est pas vrai!
    -- Way. Si, si.

No way! also means pas question!