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ways of the world

ways of the world is the plural of way of the world.

Meaning of way of the world

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

Questions about ways of the world

What is ways of the world the plural of?
Ways of the world is the plural of way of the world.

Words near ways of the world in the dictionary

  1. Wayre
  2. ways
  3. ways and means
  4. ways in
  5. ways of life
  6. ways of the world
  7. ways of thinking
  8. ways out
  9. ways to go
  10. wayside
  11. wayside cross

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