I. əˈ- adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + side
1.
a. : to or toward one side
draw aside the curtains
b. : sidewise , aslant , obliquely
practiced to lisp and hang the head aside — Alexander Pope
2. now dialect : by the side : alongside — usually used with following of
he sat down aside of me
3.
a. : out of the way : away from a group : in or into privacy : apart
had been taken aside by his father — Rex Ingamells
b. : away from oneself
he threw his coat aside
c. : away from one's thought or use : out of consideration
all such protests were brushed aside as purely superficial — Osbert Lancaster
d. archaic : away from the correct or right way : astray
they are all gone aside — Ps 14:3 (Authorized Version)
4. : set to one side
matters which, exceptional cases aside , no investor can settle with the foreign government — M.A.Heilperin
5. : on each side : to a side
a football match in the High Street with 50 or 60 aside — G.G.Carter
II. preposition
1. obsolete : beyond , past
the kind prince … hath rushed aside the law — Shakespeare
2. dialect : beside , near
was always at the wheel with the little boy aside him — Karlton Kelm
III. noun
( -s )
1.
a. : words spoken aside or in a low tone so as to be inaudible to some person or persons present
after a few parting asides to Mrs. Wales she led Cecily into the house — Hamilton Basso
b.
(1) : words spoken by a character in a play that are heard by the audience but are supposedly not heard by other characters on stage
(2) : a stage convention using such words
2. : a departure from the subject or principal theme (as of an essay or lecture) : digression , parenthesis
the author frequently stops the narrative for caustic asides and remarks on a wide variety of subjects — R.A.Cordell