See Also: underway(dictionary)
underway(dictionary)

underway (iou)



underway adverb. Also (earlier) under way. M18.
[Dutch onderweg, from onder under, in the course of + weg way.]
Nautical. Of a vessel: in motion; having begun to move through the water. M18.
Of a process, project, activity, etc.: having been instigated, in progress, being done or carried out. Also, (of a person) having started doing something. E19.
She When divorce proceedings were already underway.