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byway
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byway
(noun)
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byway
/
ˈ
baɪˌweɪ/
noun
plural
byways
byway
/
ˈ
baɪˌweɪ/
noun
plural
byways
Learner's definition of BYWAY
1
[
count
]
:
a road that is not used very much
I prefer to take
byways
to town.
He's traveled
the highways and byways
of this country.
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byways
[
plural
]
:
the parts of a subject that are not commonly known
the
byways
of the art world
The book chronicles some of the interesting
byways
of legal history.
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