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noway

American  
[noh-way] / 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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Us was doin' nort noway wi' the fishing—nort 't all.

From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

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

The soul, therefore, if immortal, existed before our birth, and if the former existence in noway concerned us, neither will the latter....

From Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution by Fred Rothwell

"There you go!" cried Black Duncan, noway astonished.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro

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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