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noway

American  
[noh-wey] / ˈnoʊˌweɪ /
Or noways

adverb

  1. in no way, respect, or degree; not at all; nowise.

    He was noway responsible for the accident.


noway British  
/ ˈnəʊˌweɪ /

adverb

  1. Also in the US (not standard): noways.  in no manner; not at all; nowise

"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

  1. 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

Etymology

Origin of noway

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at no 2, way 1

Example Sentences

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See Examples For:

Now their answer was, first, that, however according to their owne plan, they could noway come upon any part of their ancieante grante.

From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

But this last pretext can in noway avail them.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller

"Ah, Calabressa!" said Reitzei, surprised, but in noway disconcerted.

From Sunrise by William Black

I don't see light noway 'nd I'm feelin' another turn comin' when I was nigh ready ter git about agin to Miss'ss Penrose flower poles.

From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright

But this, in our circumstance, is noway expedient, neither was it ever in projection.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Alexander Shields

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