underway

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Adverb[change]

Positive
underway

Comparative
more underway

Superlative
most underway

  1. If something is underway, it has started and is happening now.
    The boy has been missing since this morning, and a search is currently underway.
  2. If a ship, train, bus, etc. is underway, it has started moving to where it is supposed to go.
    Even underway, there was almost no sound inside the ship.