withinside
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From within + side; compare inside.
Adverb
[edit]withinside (not comparable)
- (intransitive preposition, archaic) Within, inside.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- I provided myself with a soldier, whom I placed centinel at the door withinside, to guard me from the danger of such assaults for the future.
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 254:
- They use rocks, hills, and even the seas, for their habitations, which withinside are neat, and all their domestic utensils extremely clean and orderly.
Derived terms
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