aside

³aside

noun

Definition of ASIDE

1

: an utterance meant to be inaudible to someone; especially : an actor's speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters

2

: a straying from the theme : digression

Examples of ASIDE

1. She made a joke about the food in a muttered aside to her husband.
2. The book includes several lengthy asides about the personal lives of scientists involved in the project.
3. In his speech he mentioned her contributions almost as an aside, despite the fact that she was the one who came up with the idea originally.

First Known Use of ASIDE

circa 1751

Related to ASIDE

Synonyms: tangent, digression, divagation, excursion

Related Words: excursus, parenthesis; rambling; circuitousness, circularity, circumlocution, diffuseness, prolixity, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

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