Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ways"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
-ways \-ways\
A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s
(see {-wards}). It is often used interchangeably with wise;
as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ways
n 1: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
Moscow"; (colloquial) "he went a long ways" [syn: {way}]
2: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from
the place where ships are built or repaired [syn: {shipway},
{slipway}]
adv : n is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways"
[syn: {n-ways}]
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