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Adverbial ways has 1 sense

ways, n-ways - n is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways"

Noun way has 12 senses

manner, mode, style, way, fashion - 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"
--₁ is a kind of distance; property; distance; property
--₁ has particulars:
artistic style, idiom; drape; fit; form; life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi; setup; touch, signature; wise
means, agency, way - 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"
--₂ is a kind of structure, construction; implementation, effectuation; structure, construction; implementation, effectuation
--₂ is a part of
shipyard; 1 of 12 senses of way ; ways, shipway, slipway; shipyard; 1 of 12 senses of way
--₂ has particulars:
dint; escape; fast track; instrument, tool; road; stepping stone; expedient; desperate measure; open sesame; salvation; tooth; voice; wings
way - a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
--₃ is a kind of journey, journeying; journey, journeying
way - the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
--₄ is a kind of condition, status; condition, status
way, path, way of life - 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"
--₅ is a kind of course, course of action; course, course of action
--₅ has particulars:
ambages; primrose path; straight and narrow, strait and narrow; Sunnah, Sunna, hadith; warpath
way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
--₆ is a kind of artifact, artefact; artifact, artefact
--₆ is a part of
transportation system, transportation, transit; way; transportation system, transportation, transit
--₆ has parts: wayside, roadside
--₆ has particulars:
access, approach; lane; passage; path; road, route; stairway, staircase, stairs, steps; watercourse, waterway
direction, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
--₇ is a kind of path, route, itinerary; path, route, itinerary
--₇ has particulars:
bearing, heading, aim; course, trend; qibla; tendency, trend
way, ways - the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
--₈ is a kind of distance; distance
way - doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
--₉ is a kind of choice, pick, selection; choice, pick, selection
way - a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
--₁₀ is a kind of category; category
room, way, elbow room - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
--₁₁ is a kind of position, spatial relation; position, spatial relation
--₁₁ has particulars:
seating, seats, seating room, seating area; standing room; breathing room, breathing space; headroom, headway, clearance; houseroom; living space, lebensraum; parking; sea room
way - a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways"
--₁₂ is a kind of share, portion, part, percentage; share, portion, part, percentage