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.

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).

单词	next ways
释义	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. 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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