Antonyms for by-way

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wey

Phonetic Transcription : weɪ

Definition of by-way

Origin : Old English weg "road, path, course of travel," from Proto-Germanic *wegaz (cf. Old Saxon, Dutch weg, Old Norse vegr, Old Frisian wei, Old High German weg, German Weg, Gothic wigs "way"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (see weigh). Most of the extended senses developed in Middle English. Adverbial meaning "very, extremely" is by 1986, perhaps from phrase all the way. Ways and means "resources at a person's disposal" is attested from early 15c. Way-out (adj.) "original, bold," is jazz slang, first recorded 1940s. Encouragement phrase way to go is short for that's the way to go.

As in lane : noun road
As in path : noun course, way
As in road : noun path upon which travel occurs
As in route : noun path over which someone or something travels
As in street : noun path upon which travel occurs
As in trail : noun path, track
As in walk : noun pathway
As in way : noun direction, route
As in side street : noun small street
As in roadway : noun road
As in superhighway : noun road
As in thruway : noun road
As in course : noun path, channel
As in detour : noun indirect course

Example sentences :

I think that just now I was on the point of turning into a by-way.
Extract from : « The Squirrel Inn » by Frank R. Stockton

Loitering by the way is pleasant; through the by-way we may learn the way to the house.
Extract from : « Growing Up » by Jennie M. Drinkwater

Flora hurried from the by-way with her charge, in burning shame and indignation.
Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant

You are Kate Atheling, and I will not have you sought in any by-way.
Extract from : « I, Thou, and the Other One » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

And suppose that I did tread this by-way, what certainty was there that it would lead to the goal?
Extract from : « A Sister's Love » by W. Heimburg

There was no by-way that would lead him around the dangers that were sure to beset him.
Extract from : « The Coming of the Law » by Charles Alden Seltzer

It is, however, far the best to explore this by-way from the other end and to come down stream by its means.
Extract from : « The Thames » by G. E. Mitton

Perhaps some one of the party will not heed the summons, but chooses 149 out some by-way of his own.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson

Let us enter into no by-way which would lead us off the path marked straight out before us.
Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill

Famine and fire, twin angels of destruction that lurked in every by-way of the city, were waiting to take their toll.
Extract from : « Caught by the Turks » by Francis Yeats-Brown

Synonyms for by-way

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