Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on the shady side of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: on the shady side of
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

Beyond (a specified age); older than.

Example Sentences

"a man on the shady side of fifty"
"Alice Marriot, a personator of male characters, who was on the shady side of forty at the time of her Galveston visit—and who had lost the “mold of form” of her early years"

Questions

What does on the shady side of mean?: Beyond (a specified age); older than.

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