noway
or no·ways
in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise: He was noway responsible for the accident.
Origin of noway
1Other definitions for no way (2 of 2)
Informal. absolutely not; no.
Origin of no way
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How to use noway in a sentence
All of a sudden, "normal, everyday, in-no-way-employed-by-Philip Morris Americans" were popping up everywhere.
Rw-no-way-wh-krah, the Loose Pipe-stem; a brave (full length); eagle head-dress, shirt of grisly bears skin.
He may be your college pet, but his manners ain't no-way ladylike.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road | Katharine Lee BatesBut for any entertainment beyond this, the host is no-way responsible.
British Dictionary definitions for noway
/ (ˈnəʊˌweɪ) /
in no manner; not at all; nowise: Also in the US (not standard): noways
used to make an emphatic refusal, denial, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with noway
Also, there is no way. Certainly not; never. For example, No way can I forget what he did, or Are you coming along?—No way! or There's no way our candidate can lose. This colloquial expression dates from the mid-1900s, but an earlier adverb, noway, dates from the 1300s.
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