Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as noway.

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  • adverb Variant of noway

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Examples

  • And lo! as I did crouch there, hidden, I saw something come very quiet out of the bushes that did grow beyond the fire-hole; and it was great, and crept, and was noways coloured but by greyness in all its parts.

    The Night Land 2007

  • ‘Plato, thou reasonest well!’ said she, or words to that effect, which I could noways understand; and again, when her foot stumbled against a broken bit of a car-wheel, she cried out,

    Castle Rackrent 2006

  • Now my lady was no longer in the mind she formerly was, and did noways relish hearing her own friends abused in her presence, she said.

    Castle Rackrent 2006

  • At the play-house, however, they charged me sixpence for one orange, and that noways remarkably good.

    Travels in England in 1782 2004

  • He said he could not speak out before the women folk, but he was noways nesh to pick his words onst he was outside.

    Red Pottage 2004

  • The fumes of my resentment being dissipated, as well as the vanity of my success, I found myself deserted to all the horrors of extreme want, and avoided by mankind as a creature of a different species, or rather as a solitary being, noways comprehended within the scheme or protection of Providence.

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • Chiloe, about 340 miles southward of Concepcion, appears to have been shaken more strongly than the intermediate district of Valdivia, where the volcano of Villarica was noways affected, whilst in the Cordillera in front of Chiloe two of the volcanos burst forth at the same instant in violent action.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

  • Thus returning towards the camp, with their bare swords in their hands, they saluted him as Caesar; whereupon Martialis, the tribune in charge of the watch, who was, they say, noways privy to it, but was simply surprised at the unexpectedness of the thing, and afraid to refuse, permitted him entrance.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • And in fact Sertorius is said to have been of a temper unassailable either by fear or pleasure, in adversity and dangers undaunted, and noways puffed up with prosperity.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Captain Fitz Roy, there is reason to believe that Antuco was noways affected.

    Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

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