alongsides
UK/ə.lɒŋˈsaɪdz/US/ə.lɔŋˈsaɪdz/
alongsides adverb: synonym of alongside.
Adverb
alongsides (not comparable)
Preposition
alongsides
- Synonym of alongside.
- Ay, ay, this is all very well, in the animal way, though it makes but a poor figure alongsides of scalps and and-bushes.1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, chapter I, in The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 12
- What is a simple master-mariner at best alongsides a parson with a persuasive voice?.1907, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter XXIV, in The Love that Prevailed, New York: Empire Book Company, page 299
- Synonyms:
- alongside
Synonyms of alongsides
Origin of alongsides
From alongside + -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.
Questions about alongsides
- What does alongsides mean?
- Alongsides means synonym of alongside.
- What part of speech is alongsides?
- Alongsides can be an adverb or a preposition.
- How do you pronounce alongsides?
- Alongsides is pronounced /ə.lɒŋˈsaɪdz/ (UK).
Words near alongsides in the dictionary
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