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way off, adv. and a. orig. U.S.
[f. way adv. + off adv.]
A. adv. Far away.
1853G. C. Hill Dovecote 29, I found her 'way off in them woods yonder! 1897S. Crane Third Violet xxxiii. 215, I am going somewhere; but I don't know where. 'Way off, anyhow. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. iii. 60 'Way off yander's the Day's Eye. 1929D. H. Lawrence Pansies 72 Out of the soul's middle to the middle-most sun, way⁓off, or in every atom. 1952Manch. Guardian Weekly 22 May 7/2 Way off to the right was a beery Irishman.
2. Far from the intended target; greatly mistaken, quite wrong.
1892Harper's Mag. Feb. 438/2 The papers are generally 'way off in some things. 1906A. H. Lewis Confessions of Detective i. i. 10 ‘You're dead wrong, Doc!’ broke in Mugsey... ‘You're 'way off.’ 1962J. Glenn in Into Orbit 209 My attitude indications on the instrument panel are way off. 1973‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder x. 118 Seemed first impressions could be 'way off. 1977H. Kaplan Damascus Cover (1978) iv. 33 On the pistol range Ari discovered..that his aim was way off.
B. adj.
1. Usu. ˈway-off. Distant.
1870A. D. Whitney We Girls (1871) xi. 229 General and Mrs. Ingleside..had come from their way-off, beautiful Wisconsin home. 1928D. H. Lawrence Woman rode Away 93 The way-off things like the sun. |