The direct stimulation caused her body to react in ways contrary to the terror she was feeling.
Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2001)
All related terms of '-ways'
way
If you refer to a way of doing something, you are referring to how you can do it, for example the action you can take or the method you can use to achieve it.
both ways
→ another term for each way
sunny ways
an upbeat and conciliatory political approach
cut both ways
to have two different effects, usually one good and one bad
mend o's ways
If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways , they begin to behave well .
mend your ways
to stop behaving badly or illegally and improve your behaviour
ways and means
the revenues and methods of raising the revenues needed for the functioning of a state or other political unit
set in your ways
having very fixed habits and ideas which you are unlikely or unwilling to change
swing both ways
to be bisexual
to cut both ways
If you say that something cuts both ways , you mean that it can have two opposite effects , or can have both good and bad effects.
lane-way
a lane
have it both ways
to try to get the best of a situation, argument, etc, by chopping and changing between alternatives or opposites
family way
→ in the family way
parting of the ways
When there is a parting of the ways , two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
through way
a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
be set in one's ways
If you say that someone is set in their ways , you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned .
go their separate ways
When two or more people who have been together for some time go their separate ways , they go to different places or end their relationship .
in more ways than one
You say in more ways than one to indicate that what you have said is intended to have more than one meaning .
no two ways about it
If you say that there are no two ways about it , you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all about a particular situation or about how it should be interpreted .
Ways and Means Committee
a standing committee of the US House of Representatives that supervises all financial legislation
permanent way
the track of a railway , including the ballast , sleepers , rails , etc
way of life
A way of life is the behaviour and habits that are typical of a particular person or group, or that are chosen by them.
change one's ways/mend one's ways
If someone changes their ways or mends their ways , they permanently improve their behaviour or their way of doing something.
see the error of your ways
to realize or admit that you have made a mistake or behaved badly
rights of way
→ right of way
see the error of one's ways
If someone sees the error of their ways , they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly .
you can't have it both ways
If someone says that you can't have it both ways , they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both.
to see the error of your ways
If someone sees the error of their ways , they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly .