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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : weyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪz |
Definition of ways
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.
- noun method, technique
- noun direction, route
- noun characteristic, habit
- May her ways be ways of pleasantness and all her paths be peace!
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He was thirty years in my governor's service, and doesn't understand my ways.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- In all these ways, I will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- While 'Stephen Poore' is a fictional character, he is real enough in some ways.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- "It's the real parting of the ways," said Grace softly to Anne.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Other ways have been sought, and have been found no more than blind alleys.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- There are ways in which it works, and ways in which it does not.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It was a good thing that from any cause the transgressor should find his ways hard.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Thus came everything in to help the youth who had begun to mend his ways.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I mean, rather, that those would not have been her ways of working.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
Synonyms for ways
- access
- action
- admission
- admittance
- advance
- alternative
- approach
- artery
- aspect
- avenue
- bearing
- behavior
- boulevard
- byway
- channel
- circumstance
- condition
- conduct
- consuetude
- contrivance
- course
- course of action
- custom
- design
- detail
- distance
- door
- drag
- elbowroom
- entrance
- entrée
- entry
- expedient
- extent
- fashion
- feature
- fettle
- form
- forward motion
- gait
- gate
- gateway
- groove
- guise
- habit
- habitude
- hang-up
- headway
- highway
- hook
- idea
- idiosyncrasy
- ingress
- instrument
- journey
- kick
- lane
- length
- line
- manner
- march
- means
- measure
- mode
- modus
- move
- movement
- nature
- opening
- orbit
- outline
- particular
- passage
- path
- pathway
- personality
- plan
- plot
- point
- policy
- practice
- praxis
- procedure
- process
- progress
- progression
- respect
- ride
- road
- room
- row
- scheme
- sense
- shape
- shot
- situation
- space
- state
- status
- step
- stone's throw
- street
- stretch
- stroke
- style
- system
- tack
- tendency
- thataway
- thing
- thoroughfare
- tone
- track
- trail
- trait
- trend
- trick
- usage
- use
- vehicle
- walk
- wise
- wont
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