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Definition of On the way
1. Adverb. On a route to some place. "We saw him on the way to California"
Exact synonyms: En Route
Definition of On the way
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) coming, approaching ¹
2. Adverb. Whilst travelling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of On The Way
Literary usage of On the way
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"on the way he was told of the death of his brother-in-law, Anatole, and of the
death of Prince Andrey. ON the 30th Pierre returned to Moscow. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For the oil spoken of by St. James, v, 14, see EXTREME UNCTION. charge of which
he left Pizarro. He was shipwrecked on the way, ..."