Definition of On the side

1. Adverb. Without official authorization. "He had made some money on the side"

Exact synonyms: Unofficially
Partainyms: Unofficial

Lexicographical Neighbors of On The Side

on the quiet(p)
on the radar
on the rampage
on the receiving end
on the record
on the right track
on the rise
on the road
on the rocks
on the ropes
on the run
on the same page
on the same wavelength
on the shelf
on the side (current term)
on the skids
on the sly
on the spectrum
on the spot
on the spur of the moment
on the square
on the street
on the table
on the take
on the tap
on the tip of one's tongue
on the toss of a coin
on the town
on the trot

Literary usage of On the side

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"... the radial side of the base, which has two facets for articulation with the third metacarpal bone, will be on the side to which it belongs. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"So fur as these two towns were concerned, the war resolved itself into petty privateering, in which, on the side of Lowestoft, Allin took a prominent part, ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... and Hippo- dameia, the daughter of Oenomaus, whose position at once indicates that she is on the side of the newcomer, whatever her parents may feel. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"In the face (for example), on the side of the injury (admitting that an injury is the cause of these symptoms), there will be an increase of ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1899)
"... tending to stamp the heels unduly, and evincing more inco-ordination of the limb on the side of the cerebellar lesion than of that on the opposite side. ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Arrayed against him, and on the side of privilege, ... the great political leaders of the House, both on his own side and on the side of the Government. ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... A modern coal breaker built on the side of a hill at Mocanaqua, Pa., will serve to illustrate the construction and operations connected with this ..."

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