no two ways about it
No other possible action, choice or option.
There are no two ways about it. We'll have to start over from the very beginning.
noun
A distance.
a little ways out
We walked a ways from my house to the mall.
ADJ.
all, childish, cutting, different, enduring, little, long, many
The two friends had different ways of solving problems, which sometimes caused arguments.
VERB + WAYS
communicates, explored, help, look, makes, moves, progress, reacted
She explored ways to reduce her monthly expenses without cutting back on essentials.
WAYS + NOUN
-, expenditures, performance, soccer
The company found new ways to reduce expenditures without affecting product quality.
PREP.
from, in, off, out, with
She learned a lot of new cooking techniques in ways that surprised her.
ADV.
away, orally
The teacher explained the concept in different ways, both orally and through diagrams on the board.
noun — structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from
No other possible action, choice or option.
There are no two ways about it. We'll have to start over from the very beginning.
Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.
Expressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.
Thoroughly, completely, in every way imaginable.
He will fry me six ways to Sunday for sending daughters and young mothers off to war—and, quite possibly, for bringing them back in body bags.
To recognise one's failings and attempt to remedy them.
a little ways out
WiktionaryWe walked a ways from my house to the mall.
WiktionaryNow, we have no particular objection to this Santa Claus business, but will say what we have said before, that it is entirely overdone and a long ways from being proper in the so-called “christian Ame
WiktionaryRocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
Tatoeba · #20784The audience reacted in different ways to her performance.
Tatoeba · #20933We broke up and went our own ways.
Tatoeba · #22669i Register
In some senses, ways is marked as figuratively, informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.