swai - What does it mean?

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'swai' is a common misspelling of 'sway'

The correct spelling of 'sway'

ends with the letter 'y'.

This incorrect spelling 'swai'

ends with the letter 'i'.

'swai' Spelling Rule

In the early Modern English period, words ending in 'i' were changed to end in 'y'. For example, mani, veri, beauti and marri were changed to many, very, beauty and marry. This explains why some words containing a y, feature an i in their plural or past tense form. For example, try, tried; baby, babies; marry, marries.

Definition of 'sway' not 'swai'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)

The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.

A rocking or swinging motion.

The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.

Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.

I doubt I'll hold much sway with someone so powerful.

Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.

Rule; dominion; control.

A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.

The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion

Verb

(en-verb)

To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.

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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.

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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:As sparkles from the anvil rise, / When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed .

To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade .

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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)

*:This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.

To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.

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*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)

*:Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.

(lb) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.

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To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:The balance sways on our part.

To have weight or influence.

*(Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)

*:The example of sundry churchesdoth sway much.

To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:Hadst thou swayed as kings should do.

See also

* persuade

Anagrams

* * English ergative verbs