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ways

1 American  
[weyz] / weɪz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. way.


-ways 2 American  
  1. a suffix appearing in native English adverbs.

    always; sideways.


-ways British  

suffix

  1. indicating direction or manner

    sideways

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Etymology

Origin of ways1

Middle English weyes, Old English weges, genitive singular of weg way 1

Origin of -ways2

Middle English; way 1, -s 1

Example Sentences

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It was a painfully familiar scene for the Trojans, who have found new ways to unravel after halftime all season.

From Los Angeles Times

To test their importance, the researchers disrupted microtubules in two ways.

From Science Daily

Their research combines caffeine with CRISPR, a powerful gene editing tool known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, to explore new ways to treat chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

From Science Daily

To be sure, workers acknowledge the ways AI is helping; 8 in 10 employees said AI has made them “more productive and efficient at work.”

From MarketWatch

Americans crafted this global organization in ways that directly benefited our nation, and for the most part it worked.

From Salon