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English
Etymology
From alongside + -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.
Pronunciation
Adverb
alongsides (not comparable)
- (uncommon) Synonym of alongside.
Preposition
alongsides
- (uncommon) Synonym of alongside.
1841, J Fenimore Cooper, chapter I, in The Deerslayer: A Tale. In Three Volumes.">…], 1st British edition, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 12:Ay, ay, this is all very well, in the animal way, though it makes but a poor figure alongsides of scalps and and-bushes.
1907, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter XXIV, in The Love that Prevailed, New York: Empire Book Company, page 299:What is a simple master-mariner at best alongsides a parson with a persuasive voice?.
2000, Yujiro Hayami, Masao Kikuchi, “Population Growth and the Evolution of Households”, in A Rice Village Saga: Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd., page 70:Alongsides his hired labour work on the sugar cane farms, Ambo learned carpentry skills from his uncle through an apprenticeship.