Besides
[bɪ'saɪdz]
Definition
(adv.) making an additional point; anyway; 'I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it'; 'she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her'.
(adv.) in addition; 'he has a Mercedes, too'.
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Definition
(adv.) Alt. of Beside
(prep.) Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside.
Typist: Tim
Synonyms and Synonymous
prep. [1]. Near, close to, at the side of, by the side of.[2]. Except, save, over and above, in addition to, distinct from.[3]. Aside from, out of the way of, out of the course of, not according to.[4]. Out of, not in possession of.
ad. [1]. Moreover, yet, too, also, furthermore, more than that, over and above, in addition.[2]. Else.
Typist: Virginia
Definition
prep. and adv. in addition otherwise aside: over and above in addition to away from.
Editor: Philip
Examples
- And besides, look at elder-flowers and bluebells--they are a sign that pure creation takes place--even the butterfly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Landlords and farmers, besides, two of the largest classes of masters, have another reason for being pleased with dear years. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The daughter had been found; but only one man besides Bulstrode knew it, and he was paid for keeping silence and carrying himself away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Besides, I choose to please myself by sharing an idea that at this moment beams in your mother's eye while she looks at you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So glad we have another taste in common besides our taste for Art. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Besides, is it not a shame, that the genius of Adrian should fade from the earth like a flower in an untrod mountain-path, fruitless? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Besides, I have late experience, that errant thieves are not the worst men in the world to have to deal with. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Besides, said Mr. Pumblechook, turning sharp on me, think what you've got to be grateful for. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Besides, he is given up; nobody is looking after him, and nobody will take me up from the advertisement, I think. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And besides--can't you see? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Feeding and fattening countries, besides, must always be highly improved, whereas breeding countries are generally uncultivated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Besides, most of the boxes and drawers there were mouldering, and did not lock. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Besides, why don't my old friends keep me among them? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A good deal of it is true as gospel, and shrewd besides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They were weary, besides, of humouring the people, and of depending upon their caprice for a subsistence. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- O, certainly, she will discover that, and a world of wholesome truths besides, no doubt, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Besides, the stream had been dammed so that the valley was a lake. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Upon every barrel of herrings exported, there is, besides, a bounty of 2s:8d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Besides, no good-living woman--much less a purehappy spirit--would trouble amity like ours n'est-il pas vrai? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You have a reason, Walter, for wishing her to know of her husband's death besides the reason you have just mentioned? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What other changes have come upon me, besides the changes in my growth and looks, and in the knowledge I have garnered all this while? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I can make nothing of such a hand as that; almost without lines: besides, what is in a palm? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Columbus, besides being strongly fortified, contained a garrison much more numerous than the force I had with me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Besides, there were no marks of any violence upon her. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have an additional reason for seeing you tonight besides love of you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Besides air this process required as raw materials limestone and coke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Over 2,000 buildings were constructed besides the remodeling of 1,500 buildings turned over by the French company. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Besides those which are of common observation it is used for lighting the interior of mines, caves, and the dark apartments of ships, and does not foul the air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Philip