ways

plural of way

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of way

Noun US, figuratively

  1. A distance.
    • a little ways out
    • We walked a ways from my house to the mall.
    • Now, we have no particular objection to this Santa Claus business, but will say what we have said before, that it is entirely overdone and a long ways from being proper in the so-called “christian America.” - 1912...