asway

English

Etymology

a- +‎ sway

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Adjective

asway (not comparable)

1. Swaying.
   • 1856, William Morris, “Svend and His Brethren”, in Atalanta’s Race and Two Other Tales from the Earthly Paradise‎^[1], London: J. M. Dent, n.d., p. 188:

     Now the whole great terrace was a-sway with the crowd of nobles and princes, and others that were neither nobles nor princes, but true men only;

   • 1934, Maurice Walsh, chapter 2, in The Road to Nowhere‎^[2], London: W. & R. Chambers:

     The man sat loosely in the saddle, his shoulders easily asway to the gait of his mount;

   • 2005, John Banville, The Sea‎^[3], London: Picador, Part 2, p. 142:

     […] the screen was a large square of linen which any stray draught would set languorously asway,

Anagrams

• aways