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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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