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aside (ə sīd′)

adverb

  1. on or to one side pull the curtains aside
  2. away; in reserve put the book aside for me
  3. out of the way; out of one's mind lay the proposal aside temporarily
  4. ☆ apart; notwithstanding joking aside, I mean it

Etymology: ME < on side: see a- & side

noun

  1. words spoken by an actor in such a way that they are heard by the audience but supposedly not by the other actors
  2. a written digression a novelist's aside to the reader
aside Idioms

aside from

☆
  1. with the exception of
  2. apart from; besides

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aside

modif.

to the side, to one side, on one side, at rest, out, by oneself, away from some position, apart, by the side of, at one side, by itself, alone, alongside, out of the way, aloof, laterally, down, away, in isolation, afar, in safekeeping, in reserve, beside, sideways, sidewise, abreast, abeam, at a short distance, by.


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aside quotes

Theyare all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

-Bible (Old Testament)

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