aside
/əˈsaɪd/ noun C2- An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
- A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
- A minor related mention, an afterthought.
Plural asides
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“Dear mother,” interposed Renée, “you know very well it was agreed that all these disagreeable reminiscences should forever be laid aside.”
For my own part, I have laid aside even the name of my father, and altogether disown his political principles.
At last, having long waited in vain, he laid aside his flute, and casting his net into the sea, made an excellent haul of fish.
To them the Panther made this reply: “I remember alike those who sought my life with stones, and those who gave me food aside, therefore, your fears.
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