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along the way

along the way adverb: during the course of an ongoing process.

Adverb

along the way (not comparable)

  1. During the course of an ongoing process.
    • Human,
      "To hate blindly is as dangerous as to trust blindly." An old angaran proverb, one of many I have forgotten somewhere along the way.2017, BioWare, quoting Akksul, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: No Subject

Questions about along the way

What does along the way mean?
Along the way means during the course of an ongoing process.
What part of speech is along the way?
Along the way is an adverb.

Words near along the way in the dictionary

  1. along
  2. along about
  3. along of
  4. along the lines of
  5. along the same vein
  6. along the way
  7. along with
  8. alongest
  9. Alongi
  10. Alongis
  11. Alongong

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