Byway
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪweɪ
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Full definition of byway
Noun
byway
(plural byways)- a road that is not frequently travelled
- (by extension) an unpopular or arcane field of study
- 14 September 2013, Jane Shilling, The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language], Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...