What is a synonym for "byways"?

Common synonyms include: alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery.

Byways

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plural of byway form-of, plural

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alley alleyway arterial arterial highway arterial street artery

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"Then trembling seized me and, amidst my fear, / what power I know not, but some power unkind / confused my wandering wits, and robbed me of my mind. / For while, the byways following, I left / the beaten track, ah! woe and well away! / my wife Creusa lost me – whether reft / by Fate, or faint or wandering astray, / I know not."

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