Side-handedly

While Kiko seemed to understand my intention to use this task to side-handedly ask him questions about himself, he played along, indicating that he would like to have the power of a ninja who could control his chakra, that he worried about losing power, and at times wanted to be invisible, particularly at the ninja academy (the equivalent of his school).

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Also, it's right-sized in terms of its overall dimensions, especially in contrast with its larger brother, the previously and side-handedly derided X3, which is based on the new, larger 3-Series.

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All right, now this will settle some longstanding beefs about the apparently competing markets of the Toronto Argonauts and the Buffalo Bills – and perhaps even side-handedly address the NFL's reported designs on the big Canadian market.

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