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aside (iou)



aside adverb, preposition, & noun. ME.
[from A preposition1 1 + SIDE noun.]
A. adverb.
To or at the side; out of the way, away. ME.
V. S. Naipaul Ganesh stood between the women, but The Great Belcher moved him aside. T. Stoppard He throws the paper aside and picks up the Guardian.
Sideways, obliquely, aslant; towards one side, away from the direct line. ME.
Chaucer With that he loked on me asyde, As who sayth nay, that wol not be. J. McCrae We have sworn and will not turn aside. K. Amis Barbara turned the car aside on to an unmade track.
Away from the general throng or main body; in or into privacy; so as not to be generally heard (freq. as a stage direction: cf. sense C.1 below). LME.
Scott Fitzgerald Sloane and the lady began an impassioned conversation aside. C. S. Forester 'Beggin' your pardon, sir,' said Hunter aside to Hornblower. G. Greene He..took my arm and led me a little aside.
Away from one's person or thought; out of use or consideration; off, down; excepted, apart. LME.
aside from (chiefly N. Amer.) = APART from.
Spenser Her fillet she vndight, And laid her stole aside. E. O'Neill No, all kiddin' aside, I know he'll run me down first second he sees you. A. Wilson He put aside prejudice. J. Heller I've put aside my novel, you know.
Alongside, close by; by the side (of). arch. & dial. LME.
Sir W. Scott From ancient vessels ranged aside.
b. preposition.
Past, beyond. L16-L19.
At the side of, beside. obsolete exc. dial. E17.
C. noun.
Words spoken aside or in an undertone, esp. by an actor in the hearing of the audience but supposedly not of the other actors. E18.
G. B. Shaw The action is not carried on by impossible soliloquys and asides. M. Keane The laughing asides grew into a mild kind of persecution.
An incidental writing or remark of an author etc. L19.
O. Sacks Other observations and asides..have instead been placed in footnotes.