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-ways

 
a suffix appearing in native English adverbs: always; sideways.
Origin:
ME; see way 1 , -s 1
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-ways  
suff.   In a specified way, manner, direction, or position: sideways.


[Middle English, from weies, wais, in such a way, from Old English weges : weg, way; see way + -es, gen. sing. suff.; see -s3.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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-ways

-ways\ A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial -s (see -wards). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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