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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