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Definition: YWIS |
YWISAdverb1. Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. |
Date "YWIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Ywis \Y*wis"\, adverb. [from Old English expression ywis, iwis, Anglo-Saxon gewis certain; akin to Dutch gewis, German gewiss, and English wit to know. See Wit to know, and Y-.]. (references) |
Crosswords: YWIS |
| English words defined with "YWIS": Iwis ♦ Wis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "YWIS": Y-. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "YWIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | vërtet (actually, fairly, genuinely, indeed, literally, properly, really, truly, verily, yeah), sigurisht (assuredly, by all means, certainly, Certes, decidedly, definitely, doubtless, indeed, of course, sure, surely). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ywisay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "YWIS": anywise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-s-w-y" | |
-1 letter: wis. | |
-2 letters: is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-s-w-y" | |
+1 letter: wispy. | |
+2 letters: sinewy, swimmy, swingy, swirly, swishy, twisty, whimsy, whisky, wisely, wristy, yowies. | |
+3 letters: airways, anywise, fishway, midways, oilways, shipway, showily, sideway, skidway, slipway, snowily, swaying, swiftly, swingby, swinney, swithly, waspily, wayside, wheyish, whimsey, whiskey, whiteys, winceys, wiseguy, wispily, witneys. | |
+4 letters: aisleway, bikeways, blowsily, dowdyish, drowsily, eyewinks, fairways, fishways, gaywings, haywires, highways, lifeways, owlishly, railways, rowdyish, rowdyism, shipways, sideways, skidways, skywrite, slideway, slipways, spillway, stairway, swankily, sweatily, swimmily, swingbys, swinneys, taxiways, tideways, unwisely, waybills, waysides, whimseys, whiprays, whiskery, whiskeys, whispery, wickyups, windways, wireways, wiseguys, yawpings. | |
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