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aways

aways is the alternative form of a ways.

aways is the third-person singular simple present indicative of away.

Meaning of away

Verb

away (third-person singular simple present aways, present participle awaying, simple past and past participle awayed)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive, poetic) To depart; to go to another place.
    • At 9 o'clock sharp he awayed to bed.

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Phrases with aways

Questions about aways

What is aways the alternative form of?
Aways is the alternative form of a ways.

Words near aways in the dictionary

  1. awaydays
  2. awaye
  3. awayed
  4. awaying
  5. awayness
  6. aways
  7. awayward
  8. awaze
  9. AWB
  10. Awbrey
  11. Awbreys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aways (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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