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withinside

withinside adverb: within, inside.

Adverb

withinside (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, intransitive preposition) Within, inside.
    • I provided myself with a soldier, whom I placed centinel at the door withinside, to guard me from the danger of such assaults for the future.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • They use rocks, hills, and even the seas, for their habitations, which withinside are neat, and all their domestic utensils extremely clean and orderly.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 254

Preposition

withinside

  1. (archaic) Within, inside.

Forms of withinside

alternative formwithin side
alternative formwithin-side
alternative formwithin-sides
alternative formwithinsides

Origin of withinside

From within + side; compare inside.

Words formed from withinside

Questions about withinside

What does withinside mean?
Withinside means within, inside.
What part of speech is withinside?
Withinside can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near withinside in the dictionary

  1. Withington
  2. Withingtons
  3. withinness
  4. Withinshaw
  5. Withinshaws
  6. withinside
  7. withinside of
  8. withinsides
  9. withinward
  10. withinwards
  11. Withlacoochee

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