Also spelled noways
adv
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in no way or degree; not at all; now chiefly archaic or dialectal
The temporary subsidy was noway sufficient to solve the deeper problem.
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in no respect
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Etymology
From Middle English no way and na wai, literally 'by no way,' formed from no + way. The closed spelling preserves an old adverb meaning 'in no manner'; modern emphatic no way is usually written as two words.