'way

See also: way, Way, wɑy, and -way

English

Etymology 1

Adverb

’way (not comparable)

  1. Dated spelling of way (much; far).
    • 1959, Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, New York: Putnam, p. 88:
      That night I tried to figure out how such things could be kept from happening. Of course, they hardly ever do nowadays—but even once is ’way too many.

Etymology 2

Eye dialect spelling of away.

Adjective

'way (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of away

Adverb

'way (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of away

Anagrams

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