-ways

¹ American  

1. a suffix appearing in native English adverbs.

   always; sideways.

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ways ² American  

[weyz] / weɪz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. way.

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-ways British  

suffix

1. indicating direction or manner

   sideways

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Etymology

Origin of -ways¹

Middle English; way ¹, -s ¹

Origin of ways¹

Middle English weyes, Old English weges, genitive singular of weg way ¹

Example Sentences

According to LendingTree, there are three ways to do this; the most efficient car refinancers get a lower rate and shorten their loan term.

From MarketWatch

One possible driver, Pitzer said, is that “power-constrained” customers have realized that “one of the easiest ways to improve your power budget is to take a five-year-old chip that’s sitting in your installed base and replacing it with a brand-new chip, because those brand-new chips are about 80% more power-efficient,” according to an AlphaSense transcript.

From MarketWatch

“This isn’t totally new advice—in some ways it’s status quo—but the food industry should certainly worry because it reinforces the message that what they’re selling is making us sick,” said Jerold Mande, an adjunct professor of nutrition at Harvard’s T.H.

From The Wall Street Journal

Several senior bankers have parted ways with Bank of America over the alleged misconduct, including the former head of investment banking for India.

From The Wall Street Journal

“For those who can’t adapt, who are too comfortable with the old slow ways of doing business, we wish them well in their other future endeavors, because we will find new partners who will adapt, who will invest, who will take care of their people, who will move at speed and at scale,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

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