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Aside

//əˈsaɪd// adj, adv, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.

    "Her figure was slight; but the cruel accident—a fall in her childhood, which had laid the foundation of her ill health—had made her a little aside, and caused a degree of lameness, which rendered it difficult for her to move without assistance."

Adverb
  1. 1
    To or on one side so as to be out of the way. not-comparable

    "Move aside, please, so that these people can come through."

  2. 2
    Excluded from consideration. not-comparable

    "joking aside"

Adverb
  1. 1
    not taken into account or excluded from consideration wordnet
  2. 2
    in reserve; not for immediate use wordnet
  3. 3
    on or to one side wordnet
  4. 4
    out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) wordnet
  5. 5
    placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose wordnet
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  1. 6
    in a different direction wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
  2. 2
    a message that departs from the main subject wordnet
  3. 3
    An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theater) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.; A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
  4. 4
    a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage wordnet
  5. 5
    A minor related mention, an afterthought.

    "This, then, is what we have done up to now in this book. (As I have been doing right along) may I make an aside? (An aside is a part in an old-time play or movie in which an actor steps out of character to say something to the audience of a semi-private or semi-confidential nature about the play.) I am confounded, and somewhat appalled when I read over the scholarly works referred to"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.

Etymology 3

From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.

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