Affixes

Examples of the form include edgeways, lengthways, sideways, and widthways. Anyway is the only common British English example of a word without the final s, though everyway, someway, and noway are found in North America (even here, however, the final s is not unknown, at least on the last two). Leastways is now dialect or informal. Though once common, no new forms in ‑ways are being created, ‑wise being preferred.