on the shady side of

preposition

Beyond (a specified age); older than.

“a man on the shady side of fifty”

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Meanings

preposition
  1. Beyond (a specified age); older than.

    a man on the shady side of fifty

    1 more example

    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

    1962, Joseph Gallegly, Footlights on the Border
Cite this entry
APA

on the shady side of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20shady%20side%20of

MLA

“on the shady side of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20shady%20side%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the shady side of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20shady%20side%20of.

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