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waie

waie is the obsolete spelling of way.

Meaning of way

Noun

way (plural ways)

  1. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
    • Do you know the way to the airport? Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.
  2. A means to enter or leave a place.
    • We got into the cinema through the back way.
  3. A roughly-defined geographical area.
    • If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
  4. Distance in general
    • It's a long way from here.
  5. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
    • He's finally seen the error of his ways.
    1. (usually) A set of values and customs associated with and seen as central to the identity of a group of people.

See all 28 meanings of way

Forms of waie

pluralwaies

Questions about waie

What is waie the obsolete spelling of?
Waie is the obsolete spelling of way.

Words near waie in the dictionary

  1. waid
  2. Waide
  3. Waides
  4. Waidhofen an der Thaya
  5. Waids
  6. waie
  7. waies
  8. waif
  9. waifed
  10. waifing
  11. waifish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: waie (page history and authors); way (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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