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noway

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[ 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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Origin of noway

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at no2, way1

Words nearby noway

novus ordo seclorum, now, NOW account, nowadays, now and again, noway, nowel, nowhence, nowhere, nowhere-dense, nowhere near

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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Words related to noway

negative, barely, comparatively, practically, rarely, seldom, simply, somewhat, nix, just, by no means, never, not at all, not by any means, impossible, unthinkable, nay, nothing doing, by a hair, faintly

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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