-wayssuff. In a specified way, manner, direction, or position: sideways.[Middle English, from weies, wais, in such a way, from Old English weges : weg, way; see way + -es, gen. sing. suff.; see -s3.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ways suffix forming adverbs indicating direction or manner: sideways. [Old English weges, literally: of the way, from weg way]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ways (we?z) n. (used with a sing. v.) way (defs. 7, 10, 16a). [Middle English weyes, Old English weges, genitive singular of weg way1] -ways a suffix appearing in adverbs: always; sideways. [Middle English] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.