Ways

Definitions

1. Way.
2. A distance.
   US, figuratively, informal, sometimes
3. Behaviour, modal, form to be.

Equivalents

Examples

“a little ways out”

“We walked a ways from my house to the mall.”

“Now, we have⟳ no particular objection to this Santa Claus business, but will say⟳ what we have⟳ said before, that it is entirely overdone and a long ways from being proper in the so-called “christian America.””

““We still have⟳ a ways to go with patterns.” “You still have⟳ a ways to go with everything,” I told him.”

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