or for·bye′
besides
Origin of forby
Middle English forbi (see for- and by), akin to German vorbeiforby
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Adjective
(comparative more forby, superlative most forby)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
- He's a forbye man.
Adverb
(comparative more forby, superlative most forby)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Past; by; beyond.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Uncommonly; exceptionally.
- He was forby kind.
Preposition
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, of time) Past; gone by; over.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Near; beside; by, close to.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) On one side; out of the way.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
- There was other six forby me.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, archaic) With the exception of; not taking into account.
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