beway

conj

Etymology

From by way equivalent to be- + way. Compare German wegen (“because of, by reason of”).

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-
  2. inherited from *wegaz
  3. inherited from *weg
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. prefixed as beway — “be + way

Definitions

  1. By way

    By way; because.

    • [...] an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an' play treeks, till collie gems at him; an' then beway o' makin friens again, hee'l Btreek an' pat him, [...]
    • Be gannies," suggested Larry, " I think the best way would be for the three iv us to give the artichokes at the fire below, a warm reception beway iv a do sure, an' it'll soften the bargain wid ould Hardrade."
    • [...] is waistit and destroyit be divers personis that slais the dere and cunyngis thairof, and pasturis bestis thereintill masterfully beway of dede, [...]
  2. Movement

    Movement; sway; influence.

    • The Third Five-Year Plan with an industrial bias will no doubt, help the State of Kerala to make adequate beway in the matter of industrialisation which alone can pull up educated sons of India from their present low economic level.
    • It was further extended and the whole of Hijaz came under the beway of the Prophet in A.H. 8 when Makkah was conquered until this time there was hardly any administration, [...]
    • It goes without saying that when Lahore and Delhi Darbars were losing their royal glamour of art and culture, Patiala showed the beway in the whole of cis-Sutlej region.
  3. Movement away

    Movement away; loss.

    • But their greatness admitted, it had been pointed out again, and with pe[r]sistence, that Bengali drama had not progressed in any measure, and that there was too much of a beway to make up.
    • It is obvious from these figures that the tribals are educationally very backward and that special educational programmes will have to be undertaken for some considerable time to make up the beway.
    • There is a considerable beway to be made up in the provision of housing accommodation to workers.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA