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Definition of Besides
1. Adverb. Making an additional point; anyway. "She couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her"
2. Adverb. In addition. "He has a Mercedes, too"
Definition of Besides
1. adv. On one side.
2. prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.
Definition of Besides
1. Preposition. (obsolete) beside ¹
2. Preposition. in addition, in addition to ¹
3. Preposition. other than; except for; instead of ¹
4. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) also; in addition ¹
5. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) moreover; furthermore ¹
6. Adverb. (context: conjunctive) otherwise; else ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Besides
1. in addition [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besides
Literary usage of Besides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An introduction to the study of the New Testament, critical, exegetical, and by Samuel Davidson (1868)
"24, Acts; in Paul alone besides. ... 2<.yo.v, only in Paul besides Luke. ...
35; in Paul only besides. ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"It will readily be understood that the elements of a reply to this question are
wanting : other inhabitants are to be found in the New World besides the ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... while another hundred were cruising about tho Péloponnèse, besides ... and not
fewer than these remained thoro to the end of tho siege, besides ono ..."
4. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"... and eased •f Us pains, will go on still, his wealth increasing, when he hath
enough, to get mart, to live besides himself, to starve his genius, ..."
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