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noway
or no·ways
[ noh-wey ]
/ ˈnoʊˌweɪ /
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adverb
in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise: He was noway responsible for the accident.
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Other definitions for noway (2 of 2)
no way
interjection
Informal. absolutely not; no.
Origin of no way
First recorded in 1965–70
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How to use noway in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for noway
noway
/ (ˈnəʊˌweɪ) /
adverb
in no manner; not at all; nowiseAlso in the US (not standard): noways
sentence substitute no way
used to make an emphatic refusal, denial, etc
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Other Idioms and Phrases with noway
no way
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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