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alongside

Speech parts

1. alongside - Adverb

2. alongside - Preposition

Meaning

Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! William Makepeace Thackeray

Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. Ariel Sharon

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. Friedrich Nietzsche

When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition. Kenneth Grahame

Whoever sows alongside the road, tires the oxen and wastes seed. Sicilian Proverb

Wherever God buys a church, the devil builds a chapel alongside. German Proverb

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