单词 | next ways |
释义 | next waysadv. English regional (midlands). By means of the shortest route; forthwith, directly. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1789 |
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