way

adj

Etymology: Apheresis of away.

1. Extreme, far

   “Sitting in the way back of the bus”

   “some day in the way future me and @HowdyDuda are gonna have to come for a visit…”

adv

Etymology: Apheresis of away.

1. Far.

   “I used to live way over there.”

   “The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.”

2. Much, far, by a great degree.

   “I'm a way better singer than Emma.”

   “I'm way too tired to do that.”

3. Very.

   “I'm way tired.”

   “String theory is way cool, except for the math.”

intj

Etymology: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese and Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).

1. Yes; it is true; it is possible.

   “- We searched the vehicle. It was clean, so we did the body cavity searches. - No way. - Way!”

   “We repeated this ritual of “no way - way, no way - way” over the years.”

name

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi, United States.
3. A hamlet in Minster parish, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3265).

noun

Etymology: From the sound it represents, by analogy with other (velar) letters such as kay and gay.

1. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese and Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).

1. To travel.

   “on a time as they together way'd, / He made him open chalenge[…].”

   “Laötze says, “The Name that can be named is not the Eternal Name. The Way that can be wayed, is not the Eternal Way.” Infinite wisdom is beyond the human power to understand.”