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Meaning of "wellaway" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WELLAWAY

Old English, from wei lā wei, variant of wā lā wā, literally: woe! lo woe.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WELLAWAY

wellaway  [ˈwɛləˈweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WELLAWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wellaway is an exclamation.
Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WHAT DOES WELLAWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wellaway in the English dictionary

The definition of wellaway in the dictionary is woe! alas!.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WELLAWAY


Anhui
ˈænˈweɪ
Anhwei
ˈænˈweɪ
away
əˈweɪ
aweigh
əˈweɪ
counterweigh
ˌkaʊntəˈweɪ
foreweigh
fɔːˈweɪ
hadaway
ˌhædəˈweɪ
halfway
ˌhɑːfˈweɪ
lwei
ləˈweɪ
outweigh
ˌaʊtˈweɪ
overweigh
ˌəʊvəˈweɪ
preweigh
priːˈweɪ
reweigh
riːˈweɪ
straightaway
ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WELLAWAY

well-woman clinic
well-women
well-wooded
well-worn
well-written
well-wrought
welladay
Welland Canal
Welland Ship Canal
wellanear
wellbeing
wellcurb
welldoer
Welles
Wellesley
Wellesz
wellhead
wellhole
wellhouse
wellies

WORDS THAT END LIKE WELLAWAY

breakaway
castaway
fallaway
get away
getaway
give away
giveaway
go away
Hathaway
hideaway
once and away
out and away
right away
rollaway
run away
runaway
straight away
take away
takeaway
walk away

Synonyms and antonyms of wellaway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wellaway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WELLAWAY

Find out the translation of wellaway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wellaway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wellaway» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

wellaway
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wellaway
570 millions of speakers

English

wellaway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wellaway
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

wellaway
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

wellaway
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wellaway
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wellaway
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wellaway
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baiklah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wellaway
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

wellaway
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wellaway
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wellaway
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

wellaway
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wellaway
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विहिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

wellaway
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

wellaway
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wellaway
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

wellaway
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wellaway
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

wellaway
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

wellaway
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

wellaway
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

wellaway
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wellaway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WELLAWAY»

The term «wellaway» is used very little and occupies the 186.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WELLAWAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wellaway» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wellaway» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wellaway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WELLAWAY»

Discover the use of wellaway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wellaway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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My Place in the Bazaar
'My dear Wellaway, I was about to suggest that it would be a kind thought if you would squire her.' Olivia blinked at them. A whole day in that boob's company. Still, even for boobs there were uses in the world. For Olivia was an ardent student ...
Alec Waugh, 2011
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Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General ...
WELLAWAY ! Ah, wellaway ! Slowly through the cold hard clay Doth the corn- blade make its way, Groping blindly for the day — Wellaway I Slowly, without song or sound, Through the frozen meadow-ground, Do the flowers creep up to- day ...
William Harrison Ainsworth, 1854
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Poems
( Wellaway wind ! what song shall be said ?) And a white owl from the wood went by : ( The flower, the flower o' the world is dead !) Sir Guy rides on past the gloomy mere : ( Wellaway wind ! what song shall be said ?) But wherefore no light in ...
James Rhoades, 1870
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A Man of Many Parts: Gissing's Short Stories, Essays and ...
Consequently, on losing his job, the young man feels “nothing but relief”.69 Having returned to his family home in the country, Wellaway's days pass in blissful idleness until he comes across a stranger painting by a stream. In his usual affable ...
Barbara Rawlinson, 2006
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Delphi Complete Works of George Gissing (Illustrated)
Acivil greeting rosetothe lipsofboth men: Wellaway halted. 'How verybeautiful! Pray allow meto watch your workfora moment.' Hespoke with perfect sincerity, honestlyadmiring the picture, and delightedat the opportunity of conversing with a  ...
George Gissing, 2013
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
All alas ! and wellaway ! " Oh, sister Ellen, sister sweet. Come with me to the hill I pi ay, And I will prove that blessed freet ! " They rose with soft and silent feet, They left their mother where she lay, Their mother and her care discreet, (All, alas ...
Thomas Byerley, John Timbs, 1833
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
All alas ! and wellaway ! " Oh, sister Ellen, sister sweet, Come with me to the hill I pray, And I will prove that blessed freet !" They rose with soft and silent feet, They left their mother where she lay, Their mother and her care discreet, (All, alas!
‎1833
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
True maiden in its icy flow With pure hand bathe her bosom thrice, Three lady - bra ckeus pluck likewise. And three times round the fountain go. She straight forgets her tears and sighs." Hearken to my tale of woe ! All alas ! and wellaway 1 " Oh, ...
Reuben Percy, John Timbs, 1833
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Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...
I. Grief sate upon a rock and sighed one day, (Sighing is all her rest,) “Wellaway, wellaway, ah wellaway!” As ocean beat the stone, did she her breast, “Ah wellaway! ah me! alas, ah me!” Such sighing uttered she. II. A Cloud spakeoutof heaven ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 2013
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Fairy And Folk Tales Of The Irish Peasantry:
All, alas!and wellaway! "Oh, sister Ellen,sistersweet, Come with meto thehill I pray , And I will provethat blessed freet!" They rose withsoft andsilent feet, They lefttheir mother where she lay, Their mother and her care discreet, (All, alas and ...
W. B. Yeats, 2014

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELLAWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wellaway is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brave battle back to a normal life
Just before Christmas doctors gathered around Shay Wells' hospital bed to give him and his mother Tammy Wellaway the results of his tests. But Shay, then 10, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 14»
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Chatham County deputies arrest ten after two-year investigation
Allen Jones, 37, of 883 Wellaway Lane, Siler City was arrested by Deputy Joseph Engel for Failure to Make/Maintain Records of Metal, Prohibited Metal ... «Chatham Journal Weekly, May 13»
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After two-year absence, Nolan returns as spelling bee champion
Sam was one of the last four spellers standing and was eliminated from the competition in the eighth round after misspelling "wellaway," an interjection from ... «Baltimore Sun, Mar 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Wellaway [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wellaway>. May 2024 ».
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