both ways


adjective, adverb

another term for each way
have it both ways (usually with a negative) to try to get the best of a situation, argument, etc, by chopping and changing between alternatives or opposites

Example sentences from the Web for both ways

  • The name means 'both-ways theatre', or 'theatre all round', the theatre forming only a semicircular building.

  • We have our woman-ways and they have their man-ways and their both-ways.

    Herland |Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman