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awaie

awaie is the obsolete spelling of away.

Meaning of away

Adverb

away (not comparable)

  1. From a place, hence.
    • He went away on vacation.
    Synonyms:
    at bay, off, off-, ab-, apo-, de-, out-, afield
  2. Aside; off; in another direction.
    • I tried to approach him, but he turned away.
  3. Aside, so as to discard something.
    • throw away, chuck away, toss away
  4. At a stated distance in time or space.
    • Christmas is only two weeks away.
  5. In or to something's usual or proper storage place.
    • I'll dry the dishes and you put them away.
  6. In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place.
    • The jewels were locked away in the safe.

See all 18 meanings of away

Questions about awaie

What is awaie the obsolete spelling of?
Awaie is the obsolete spelling of away.

Words near awaie in the dictionary

  1. Awadhesh
  2. Awadhi
  3. Awadhis
  4. Awads
  5. awag
  6. awaie
  7. await
  8. awaitable
  9. awaitables
  10. awaited
  11. awaiter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: awaie (page history and authors); away (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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