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Synonyms for headway
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hed-wey |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdˌweɪ |
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Définition of headway
Origin :- c.1300, "main road, highway," from Old English heafodweg (see head (adj.) + way). Sense of "motion forward" first attested 1748, short for ahead-way; ultimately nautical (cf. leeway).
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- For a time he had seemed to make no headway against his hill-born appetite.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Would we—make any—headway, sir, with the schooner's—light machinery?
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Over on Iverak the Serbians had succeeded in making some headway.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- With the people of the country of her adoption, whether Jews or Moors, she made no headway.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- The headway of the skiff was slow, but my efforts were not silent.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
- I'm afraid I can't; this old boat makes about as much leeway as headway.
- Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams
- Beside, the Protestants were making some headway in the town.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- The sergeant, finding he was making no headway, ordered his men to search on all sides.
- Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal
- Nevertheless they struggled on into the smother, making what headway they could.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
- At the same time, the seaplane just then did not seem to be making any headway.
- Extract from : « Some Naval Yarns » by Mordaunt Hall
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