way adv.
(US) very, extremely, a general intensifier.
Congressional Record 3 Oct. 9122/1: He is way below, he is only 50 in mathematics [DA]. | ||
Pardners (1912) 41: Hold up! Your dope sheet is way to the bad. | ||
Conjure-Man Dies 235: Got a heavy date and I’m way late. | ||
Duke 130: I’m feeling cool as hell [...] I’m way up. | ||
Lover Man 142: I know Frank De Voe from way back. | ‘Comrade’ in||
Tales (1969) 10: ‘Woe, Rick you’re way,’ extending his hand, palm upward. [Ibid.] 19: I saw that ol’ fagit Bobby Hutchens [...] with a real D.C. queer. I mean a real way-type sissy. | ||
Last Detail 2: Bad-Ass, wake up, it’s way the hell past reveille. | ||
Skin Tight 88: Mick, what are you doing way the fuck out here? | ||
(con. 1964-65) Sex and Thugs and Rock ’n’ Roll 157: Prescott looked like something out of a James Dean movie, and way cool. | ||
Indep. Rev. 28 July 4: Johnny Depp has typed a way cool tone poem. | ||
NZEJ 13 37: way cool adj. Excellent, very good. | ‘Boob Jargon’ in||
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress 14: Or were you too busy looking around for other girls to impregnate? which is way harsh, it has to be said. | ||
Turning Angel 163: Like breast implants. Way too big. | ||
Cherry Pie [ebook] ‘She was way cool’. | ||
Advocate & Messenger (Danville, KY) 20 Jan. A04/1: Our youth minister always thinks to herself, ‘way cool!’. | ||
Widespread Panic 78: ‘It looks like a hot-prowl 459, gone way bad’. | ||
Braywatch 80: Sophie’s like, ‘No! Way!’ But Chloe’s there, ‘Way!’. |