Very vs. Way — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Very and Way
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Very
In a high degree; extremely
Very happy.
Very much admired.
Way
A road, path, or highway affording passage from one place to another.
Very
Truly; absolutely
The very best advice.
Attended the very same schools.
Way
An opening affording passage
This door is the only way into the attic.
Very
Very Used in titles
The Very Reverend Jane Smith.
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Way
Space to proceed
Cleared the way for the parade.
Very
Complete; absolute
At the very end of his career.
Way
Opportunity to advance
Opened the way to peace.
Very
Being the same; identical
That is the very question she asked yesterday.
Way
A course that is or may be used in going from one place to another
Tried to find the shortest way home.
Very
Being particularly suitable or appropriate
The very item needed to increase sales.
Way
Progress or travel along a certain route or in a specific direction
On her way north.
Very
Used to emphasize the importance of what is specified
The very mountains shook.
Way
Often ways (Used with a sing. verb) Informal Distance
The travelers have come a long way. That village is a good ways off.
Very
Being nothing more than what is specified; mere
The very act of riding in the car made him dizzy.
Way
A course of conduct or action
Tried to take the easy way out of the mess he was in.
Very
(Archaic) Genuine; true
"Like very sanctity, she did approach" (Shakespeare).
Way
A manner or method of doing something
Several ways of solving this problem.
Had no way to reach her.
Very
(literary) True, real, actual.
The fierce hatred of a very woman.
The very blood and bone of our grammar.
He tried his very best.
We're approaching the very end of the trip.
Way
Used with a personal pronoun as the object of various verbs to indicate progress toward an objective
Elbowed his way through the crowd.
Talked my way into the club.
Worked his way into a better job.
Very
The same; identical.
He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.
That's the very tool that I need.
Way
A usual or habitual manner or mode of being, living, or acting
The American way of life.
Very
With limiting effect: mere.
Way
An individual or personal manner of behaving, acting, or doing
Have it your own way.
Very
To a great extent or degree.
That dress is very you.
Not very many (of them) had been damaged.
She's very like her mother.
‘Is she busy?’ ― ‘Not very.’
Way
A specific direction
He glanced my way.
Very
Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
Way
A participant. Often used in combination
A three-way conversation.
Very
(with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.
He was the very best runner there.
Way
An aspect, particular, or feature
Resembles his father in many ways.
In no way comparable.
Very
True; real; actual; veritable.
Whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness.
I looked on the consideration of public service or public ornament to be real and very justice.
Way
Nature or category
Not much in the way of a plot.
Very
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sun; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
Way
Freedom to do as one wishes
If I had my way.
Very
Precisely as stated;
The very center of town
Way
An aptitude or facility
She certainly does have a way with words.
Very
Being the exact same one; not any other:;
This is the identical room we stayed in before
The themes of his stories are one and the same
Saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers
On this very spot
The very thing he said yesterday
The very man I want to see
Way
A state or condition
He is in a bad way financially.
Very
Used to give emphasis to the relevance of the thing modified;
His very name struck terror
Caught in the very act
Way
Vicinity
Drop in when you're out our way.
Very
Used to give emphasis;
The very essence of artistic expression is invention
The very back of the room
Way
Often ways A longitudinal strip on a surface that serves to guide a moving machine part.
Very
Used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal;
She was very gifted
He played very well
A really enjoyable evening
I'm real sorry about it
A rattling good yarn
Way
Ways (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Nautical The structure on which a ship is built and from which it slides when launched.
Very
Precisely so;
On the very next page
He expected the very opposite
Way
(Informal) By a great distance or to a great degree; far
Way off base.
Way too expensive.
Way
(Slang) Very; extremely
"Can they really make a car that's way cool?" (Fortune).
Way
(Informal) From this place; away
Go way.
Way
(Informal) Used in response to no way to indicate affirmation contradicting a negative assertion.
Way
(heading) To do with a place or places.
Way
A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
Do you know the way to the airport?
Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.
It's a long way from here.
Way
A means to enter or leave a place.
We got into the cinema through the back way.
Way
A roughly-defined geographical area.
If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
Way
A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
You're going about it the wrong way.
He's known for his quirky ways.
I don't like the way she looks at me.
Way
A state or condition
When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
Way
(heading) Personal interaction.
Way
Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
Way
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
Way
(Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
Way
Speed, progress, momentum.
Way
A degree, an amount, a sense.
In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
Way
Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
Way to ruin the moment, guys.
Way
(plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
Way
(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
Way
The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
Way
Yes; it is true; it is possible
Yes way
Way
(obsolete) To travel.
Way
Much.
I'm way too tired to do that.
I'm a way better singer than Emma.
Way
Very.
I'm way tired.
String theory is way cool, except for the math.
Way
(informal) Far.
I used to live way over there.
The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
Way
Away.
Way
That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
Way
Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
And whenever the way seemed long,Or his heart began to fail.
Way
A moving; passage; procession; journey.
I prythee, now, lead the way.
Way
Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
If that way be your walk, you have not far.
And let eternal justice take the way.
Way
The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
My best way is to creep under his gaberdine.
By noble ways we conquest will prepare.
What impious ways my wishes took!
Way
Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
Way
Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
When men lived in a grander way.
Way
Sphere or scope of observation.
The public ministers that fell in my way.
Way
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
Way
Progress; as, a ship has way.
Way
The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
Way
Right of way. See below.
All keep the broad highway, and take delightWith many rather for to go astray.
There is but one road by which to climb up.
When nightDarkens the streets, then wander forth the sonsOf Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Way
To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
Way
To move; to progress; to go.
On a time as they together wayed.
Way
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
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
Way
A journey or passage;
They are on the way
Way
The condition of things generally;
That's the way it is
I felt the same way
Way
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
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
Way
A line leading to a place or point;
He looked the other direction
Didn't know the way home
Way
The property of distance in general;
It's a long way to Moscow
He went a long ways
Way
Doing as one pleases or chooses;
If I had my way
Way
A general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of';
They didn't have much in the way of clothing
Way
Space for movement;
Room to pass
Make way for
Hardly enough elbow room to turn around
Way
A portion of something divided into shares;
The split the loot three ways
Way
To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States);
Way over budget
Way off base
The other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on
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