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单词 next ways
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next waysadv.

Brit. /ˈnɛkst weɪz/, U.S. /ˈnɛks(t) ˌweɪz/
Forms: 1700s– next ways, 1800s– nextus Brit. /ˈnɛkstəz/, U.S. /ˈnɛkstəz/, 1800s– nextwise.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: next adj., -ways comb. form.
Etymology: < next adj. + -ways comb. form. With form nextwise compare the etymological note at -ways comb. form.
English regional (midlands).
By means of the shortest route; forthwith, directly.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [phrase] > by the most direct way
by the string rather than the bow1690
next ways1789
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adverb] > by the quickest or shortest way
at (the) gainestc1400
lot1633
next ways1789
cross-lots1825
1789 W. Cowper Let. 5 Nov. (1982) III. 315 I have transmitted it, as we say, next ways to Johnson.
1809 T. Batchelor Orthoëpical Anal. Dial. Bedfordshire v, in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 139 I will go next ways home.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 200 Ah shall goo Nels'n nextus.
1898 G. Miller Gloss. Warwickshire Dial. Set about that job next ways, or I shan't be pleased.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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