2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ways noun 1: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways" [syn: {way}] 2: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn: {shipway}, {slipway}] adverb: n is between 2 and infinity; "They split the loot four ways" [syn: {n-ways}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: -ways \-ways\ A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see {-wards}). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.

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