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Adjacent to
Answer for the clue "Adjacent to ", 6 letters:
beside
Alternative clues for the word beside
Word definitions for beside in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English be sidan "by the side of" (only as two words), from be- + sidan dative of side (n.). By 1200, formed as one word and used as both adverb and preposition. The alternative Middle English meaning "outside" led to the sense preserved in beside oneself ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. otherwise; else prep. 1 next to; at the side of. 2 Not relevant to. 3 besides; in addition to.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be beside the point (= be not the most important thing to consider ) ▪ He's the best person for the job so his age is beside the point. be beside yourself with rage (= be so angry that you cannot control yourself ...
Usage examples of beside.
Beside the cushion was a vacant throne, radiant as morning in the East, ablaze with devices in gold and gems, a seat to fill the meanest soul with sensations of majesty and tempt dervishes to the sitting posture.
His carriage, with his wife and two daughters already aboard and Cram scowling on the box beside the driver, stood by the front door.
Beside myself with rage, blushing for very shame, seeing but too late the fault I had committed by accepting the society of a scoundrel, I went up to my room, and hurriedly packed up my carpet-bag.
Early snowdrops showed their little white bonnets under a tree, and yellow aconites wore their pretty green frills just beside them.
She had made it easy for Addis to get Rhys alone because she wanted men she could trust beside her husband.
Mr Steplight and I made a fine pair of travelling-companions, for he addressed no word to me nor even looked in my direction during all the first stage so that I might have been a parcel he had shoved onto the seat beside him.
Without more ado I locked the door, took off my clothes, and seeing that her back was turned to me, jumped into bed beside her.
The boy stood beside the curule chair and looked down at the crowd, this his first experience of the extraordinary euphoria so many united people could generate, feeling the adulation brush his cheek because he stood so close to its source, and understanding what it must be like to be the First Man in Rome.
Why they should be still advancing in that dense clump we do not now know, nor can we surmise what thoughts were passing through the mind of the gallant and experienced chieftain who walked beside them.
Waned the day and I hied me afield, and thereafter I sat with the mighty when daylight was done, But with great men beside me, midst high-hearted laughter, I deemed me of all men the gainfullest one.
Entering the lodge, Aganippe lay down beside the glowing stones piled in a central pit.
Beside it, in a meadow full of agapanthus and arum lilies, I found two Australian prospectors.
So she sat beside Rillao and watched the boneless beings lounge and spout and push agates into new swirls and patterns.
Lord Clevedale lounged beside the old gentleman, and was frankly agog with curiosity.
Along the left side had once been a -track beside a ditch full of bulrushes and hemp agrimony, but this path was overgrown with thistles.