-ways Definition

wāz
suffix
In a specified way, manner, direction, or position.
Sideways.
American Heritage

Towards, in the direction towards.

Wiktionary
noun

Way.

Webster's New World

(plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

Wiktionary

(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.

Wiktionary

(informal) A distance.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
affix
In a (specified) direction, position, or manner.
Sideways.
Webster's New World

Origin of -ways

  • Middle English from weies, wais in such a way from Old English weges weg way way -es gen. sing. suff. –s3

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ME < way (see way) + adv. gen. -s

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

-ways Sentence Examples

  • There are thousands of ways to be smart.

  • Online, people are constantly thinking up new ways to share with others.

  • As each of us spent five full days a week together, we agreed to go our own ways on weekends, establishing an outside life.

  • The Internet has allowed for the creation of thousands of new ways to give, both time and money.

  • You fulfill me in so many ways I never dreamed of, this isn't that big a deal.

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