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asway

asway adjective: swaying.

Adjective

asway (not comparable)

  1. Swaying.
    • Now the whole great terrace was a-sway with the crowd of nobles and princes, and others that were neither nobles nor princes, but true men only;1856, William Morris, “Svend and His Brethren”, in Atalanta’s Race and Two Other Tales from the Earthly Paradise, London: J. M. Dent, n.d., p. 188
    • The man sat loosely in the saddle, his shoulders easily asway to the gait of his mount;1934, Maurice Walsh, chapter 2, in The Road to Nowhere, London: W. & R. Chambers

Origin of asway

From a- + sway.

Words that rhyme with asway

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Questions about asway

What does asway mean?
Asway means swaying.
What part of speech is asway?
Asway is an adjective.

Words near asway in the dictionary

  1. aswang
  2. aswangs
  3. Aswarby
  4. Aswarby and Swarby
  5. aswarm
  6. asway
  7. Aswayuja
  8. asweat
  9. asweddumisation
  10. asweddumization
  11. asweddumize

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