Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A side road.
- noun A secondary or arcane field of study.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A by-road; a secluded, private, or obscure way; an out-of-the-way path or course: as, highways and byways.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
road that is notfrequently travelled - noun by extension an
unpopular orarcane field ofstudy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
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Examples
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Across the quiet eight-lane byway near the project is farmland.
China Pins Hopes on Public Housing James T. Areddy 2011
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The fruit and vegetable stand was beside a busy state road and late one September afternoon an interstate bus pulled onto the gravel byway.
Jimmy John Riley 2011
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To say that my knowledge of this byway of science fiction is feeble would be a gross overstatement.
Books 2010
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Highlighting the heroism and absurdity of war, it also illuminates a forgotten byway of African experience.
The King's Rifle: Summary and book reviews of The King's Rifle by Biyi Bandele. 2009
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To say that my knowledge of this byway of science fiction is feeble would be a gross overstatement.
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Word of my devotion to Robin will be flying down every lane and byway.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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We turned down a one-lane byway, driving farther out into the fiercely beautiful land in silence as dusk began to descend.
Meg Pier: Silence of Spain's Tabernas Desert Meg Pier 2011
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We turned down a one-lane byway, driving farther out into the fiercely beautiful land in silence as dusk began to descend.
Meg Pier: Silence of Spain's Tabernas Desert Meg Pier 2011
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It is key to our understanding of the nightmare states that resulted, argues Igor Golomstock, and deserves to be classified as a distinctive artistic genre alongside Modernism, of which it was both byway and heir.
Masters of the Dark Arts Andrew Stuttaford 2011
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Perhaps the road itself keeps them here; evidence of its former incarnation as a cracked, ill-tended, vertiginous country byway.
The Last Highway Jonathan Sapers 2011
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