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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-wey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪˌweɪ



Definition of byway

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from by + way (n.).
  • 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 :
  • One evening, in a byway where he was watching for her, Margot at last raised her hand.
  • Extract from : « The Fte At Coqueville » by Emile Zola
  • Robbie had turned into a byway that bore the name of King's Arms Lane.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • It meant that he knew every trail and byway for miles about Temple Camp.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • The street might have been a byway in old Pompeii for all the life that moved within it.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Party » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • It is a vile road, and I must take the byway through the forest.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • From every farm and byway came men to have a word with the superintendent.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Tenements » by Jacob A. Riis
  • And presently he slipped out by a byway into the street again, among the savages.
  • Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
  • Mr. Bangs rode along every highway and byway, day after day, not missing a trick.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • The cabin of the Reverdys stood on a byway beyond the Gillespies.
  • Extract from : « The Leatherwood God » by William Dean Howells
  • The lawyer turned into a byway which carried him through the Ghetto.
  • Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

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