aside
Comment to audience
Aside means to one side or out of the way: She stepped aside to let him pass.
To set or put something aside is to reserve it for later or dismiss it from consideration: Let's set aside our differences.
An aside is a remark not meant for everyone present, or in theater, words spoken to the audience that other characters supposedly can't hear.
Aside from means except for or in addition to: Aside from the weather, the trip was perfect.
Line touching curve once
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- departureAct of going away
- deviationDeparture from expected path
excursus · interlude · interruption · diversion · segue · sidebar · incidental · meandering
Dramatic speech to oneself
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- stage whisperLoud whisper for spectators
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- fourth wallInvisible stage-audience barrier
actor · dramatic irony · proscenium · spotlight · dialogue · playwright · performance · Shakespearean
Subdued background quality
- hushedReduced to silence
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- privateRestricted to certain parties
sotto voce · quiet word · discreet · conspiratorial · ear · secretive · intimate · between us
Not in this location
- apartIn different locations
- out of the wayNot obstructing passage
- nearbyAt small distance
- laterallyToward either side
tangent
Line touching curve once
- parentheticalSet off by punctuation
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- departureAct of going away
deviation · excursus · interlude · interruption · diversion · segue · sidebar · incidental · meandering · off-topic
soliloquy
Dramatic speech to oneself
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- stage whisperLoud whisper for spectators
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
fourth wall · actor · dramatic irony · proscenium · spotlight · dialogue · playwright · performance · Shakespearean · confidential
undertone
Subdued background quality
- hushedReduced to silence
- murmurSoft, indistinct continuous sound
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
private · sotto voce · quiet word · discreet · conspiratorial · ear · secretive · intimate · between us · off the record
away
Not in this location
- apartIn different locations
- out of the wayNot obstructing passage
- nearbyAt small distance
off to the side · laterally · removed · separate · over there
shrug off
Dismiss as unimportant
- asidesdigression, tangent, sidenote, side note, parenthetical
- digressionsdigression, tangent, sidetrack, detour, ramble
- Victorian TheatreHenrik Ibsen, proscenium, Oscar Wilde, footlights, backstage
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- dramaTV drama, acting, television drama, drama school, playwright
- literary elementsplot, character, setting, theme, narrator
asidecenter
Middle of anything
middle · close · front and center · nearby · neighboring
asidedirect address
Speaking to someone named
dialogue · monologue · public speech · proclamation · on the record
- set asideReserve for future use
- step asideWithdraw from a position
- put asideStore for future use
- cast asideReject or discard
- stepped asideMoved to let pass
- stand asideMove out of path