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way of the world

way of the world noun: the manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.

Noun

way of the world (plural ways of the world)

  1. (sometimes pluralized, almost always preceded by the) The manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.
    • Fain[all]. [...] What's here? Damnation! [Reads] A deed of Conveyance of the whole Eſtate of Arabella Languiſh Widdow in truſt to Edward Mirabell. Confusion! / Mir[abell]. Even ſo Sir, 'tis the way of the World, Sir: of the Widdows of the World. I ſuppose this Deed may bear an Elder Date than what...1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, scene xiii, page 87
    • One worships public opinion, and follows after the multitude to do evil, doing what he knows is wrong, simply because others do it, and it is the way of the world.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Gospel of the Pentateuch, Sermon 5

way of the world meaning in Tamil

way of the world in Tamil

உலகபத்ததி, கை, உலோக யாத்திரை, உலோகயாத்திரை, லோககதி

Forms of way of the world

pluralways of the world

Questions about way of the world

What does way of the world mean?
Way of the world means the manner, often unavoidable or displeasing, in which events usually unfold or in which people usually behave.
What is way of the world in Tamil?
Way of the world in Tamil is உலகபத்ததி, கை, உலோக யாத்திரை. See Way of the world meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is way of the world?
Way of the world is a noun.
What is the plural of way of the world?
The plural of way of the world is ways of the world.

Words near way of the world in the dictionary

  1. way of all flesh
  2. way of life
  3. Way of Saint James
  4. Way of St. James
  5. Way of the Cross
  6. way of the world
  7. way of thinking
  8. way off
  9. way out
  10. way out of a paper bag
  11. way out of a wet paper bag

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