aside

adverb

1. 1

   To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

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

   But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.

   […] and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

   The storm rush'd in, and Arcite stood aghast; / The flames were blown aside, yet shone they bright, / Fann'd by the wind, and gave a ruffled light.

2. 2

   Excluded from consideration.

   joking aside

   unusual circumstances aside

   All scandals aside, Jewish establishment donors and leaders obsessed not only with Jewish continuity but the right kind of continuity—ardently pro-Israel children of two Jewish parents—have failed on their own terms.

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.

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

   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.

3. 3

   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

   As an aside, and for consideration, the great religions of the world seem to be jealously guarded, run and administered by the men-folk.

Forms

plural

asides

comparative

more aside

superlative

most aside