the way
How to proceed
The way functions as a conjunction meaning "considering how" or "given that": The way you've been eating, you'll finish that cake by tonight.
It can also intensify how much something affects someone: I hate the way he talks to me.
In spiritual contexts, particularly associated with Taoism and some Christian traditions, the Way designates a path of right living or ultimate truth.
- daoThe way, lowercase
- pathRoute for traveling
- laneDesignated travel strip
- guideLeader or instruction book
- trailPath through wilderness
compass · cosmic order · natural order · balance · Laozi · pilgrimage · road · harmony · route · nameless · Tao Te Ching · approach · method · journey · spiritual · direction · bearing · manner
- Eastern WisdomConfucius, Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, I Ching, Analects
- TaoismTao, Taoism, Daoism, Laozi, Lao Tzu
- Eastern PhilosophyTaoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism
- Scripture PhrasesJohn 3:16, Lord's Prayer, Our Father, Ten Commandments, Beatitudes
- belief systemsobjectivism, bushido, utilitarianism, transhumanism, solipsism
the waydead end
Passage without outlet
lostness · directionlessness · nowhere · pathlessness · disorientation
way, the, convey, ways, highway, hallway, subway, railway, driveway