[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

-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.
   1913 webster
see also:
-wards 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ways
     n 1: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
          moscow"; "he went a long ways" syn: way
     2: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from
        the place where ships are built or repaired syn: shipway,
         slipway
     adv : n is between 2 and infinity; "they split the loot four ways"
           syn: n-ways
see also:
way shipway slipway n-ways 

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