English

Adverb

aways

1. Alternative spelling of a ways
   • 1870 October 8, Various, Punchinello Vol. 2 No. 28:

     Seein' a platter of ice cream down the table aways, I got up onto my feet, and havin' a good long arm, reached for it.

   • 1916, Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14:

     "And just down the hill aways another big man is buried.

2. Misspelling of always.
   • 1889, Annie French Hector, A Crooked Path:

     "Still, the house can't run away, and I suppose will aways let for fifty or sixty pounds a year."

   • 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, The Indiscretions of Archie:

     "I've aways wanted to go into the movies," he said.