'way
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adverb edit
’way (not comparable)
- Dated spelling of way (much; far).
- 1949, E.E 'Doc' Smith, chapter I, in Skylark of Valeron, London: Panther, published 1974, page 7:
- "They have detector zones, 'way out in space[.]"
- 1959, Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, New York: Putnam, page 88:
- That night I tried to figure out how such things could be kept from happening. Of course, they hardly ever do nowadays—but even once is ’way too many.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation spelling of away.
Adjective edit
'way (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of away
Adverb edit
'way (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of away