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elseways

elseways adverb: otherwise.

Adverb

elseways (not comparable)

  1. Otherwise
    • He's rather wearin' in his talk from making up a lot of names; elseways you needn't mind him.1871, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewitt, Hurd & Houghton, page 298
    • Sometimes you go through Bali Narrows if you're full-powered... Elseways, if you aren't full-powered, why it stands to reason you go round by the Ombay Passage, keeping careful to the north side.1891 September, Rudyard Kipling, “The Disturber of Traffic”, in The Atlantic, issue

Questions about elseways

What does elseways mean?
Elseways means otherwise.
What part of speech is elseways?
Elseways is an adverb.

Words near elseways in the dictionary

  1. Elser
  2. Elsers
  3. elsethread
  4. elseward
  5. elsewards
  6. elseways
  7. elseweb
  8. elsewhat
  9. elsewhen
  10. elsewhence
  11. elsewhere

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