alongside
Use Alongside in a sentence
preposition
2.
beside; by the side of: The dog ran alongside me all the way.
3.
Informal. alongside of, compared with: Alongside of his brother, he is no student at all.
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| —prep | |
| 1. | ( |
| —adv | |
| 2. | along the side of some specified thing: come alongside |
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Alongside
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Example sentences
Instead he imagines that the web was suspended close alongside a hanging glob of sap.
Gravity sources laying alongside a photons path provides gravitational lensing.
Also, the tubes could use existing rights of way alongside roads and railways.
From there it's easy to imagine tiny, sugar-poached tomatoes nestled alongside summer berries in a simple tart or crumble.
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