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quietways

quietways is the plural of quietway.

Meaning of quietway

Noun

quietway (plural quietways)

  1. (London) A low-traffic cycle route aimed at less confident cyclists or those who want to travel at a more gentle pace.
    • Hope came when the street was designated part of a so-called ‘quietway’, a London-wide initiative to create a network of continuous routes on side roads, particularly intended for less experienced riders, or older people, or children.” This in part involves using already-quiet streets, but also...2017, Peter Walker, Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World, Random House, page 125

Questions about quietways

What is quietways the plural of?
Quietways is the plural of quietway.

Words near quietways in the dictionary

  1. quietude
  2. quietudes
  3. quietus
  4. quietuses
  5. quietway
  6. quietways
  7. quifenadine
  8. quiff
  9. quiffed
  10. quiffing
  11. quiffs

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