alongsides

English

Etymology

From alongside +‎ -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə.lɒŋˈsaɪdz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ə.lɔŋˈsaɪdz/, /ə.lɑŋˈsaɪdz/

Adverb

alongsides (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of alongside

Preposition

alongsides

1. (uncommon) Synonym of alongside
   • 1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, chapter I, in The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 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^[1], 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^[2], 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.