Sentence:  She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the <WSD>way</WSD> she laughed, cackling like a hen, the <WSD>way</WSD> she talked to the waiters and the maid,nb...&mdash;all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.