sidenotes
Text beside text
Sidenotes are annotations or comments placed in the margin of a page rather than at the bottom as footnotes.
They allow readers to see supplementary information without losing their place in the main text.
The format appears in academic publishing, legal documents, and web design, where sidenotes offer a cleaner alternative to footnotes: The sidenotes contained cross-references to related chapters.
Spoken comments or notes
- observationsNoted perceptions
- commentsSpoken or written reactions
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
- explicationDetailed interpretive analysis
elucidation · clarification · interpretation · analysis · insight · perspective · critique · editorial
Hastily recorded notes
- scribblesHasty, careless marks
- doodlesCasual, aimless drawings
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
remarks · inscriptions · scrawls · underlinings · highlights · brackets · marks · penciled
Brief theatrical digression
- tangentLine touching curve once
- digressionVeering off topic
- excursusExtended tangential passage
- parenthesisPunctuation enclosing supplementary text
detour · deviation · departure · divagation · meandering · rambling · interjection · anecdote
Marginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- glossShine or annotation
- notationsWritten symbolic marks
addenda · appendix · postscript · cross-reference · bibliography · references · index · errata
Leisurely contemplative thoughts
- ruminationsExtended contemplative thoughts
- meditationsFocused contemplative practice
- contemplationsSustained thoughtful considerations
- thoughtsMental reflections
ponderings · observations · afterthoughts · reveries · cogitations · asides · personal · introspective
remarks
Spoken comments or notes
- observationsNoted perceptions
- commentsSpoken or written reactions
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
explication · elucidation · clarification · interpretation · analysis · insight · perspective · critique · editorial · explanatory
jottings
Hastily recorded notes
- scribblesHasty, careless marks
- doodlesCasual, aimless drawings
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
glosses · remarks · inscriptions · scrawls · underlinings · highlights · brackets · marks · penciled · handwritten
aside
Brief theatrical digression
- tangentLine touching curve once
- digressionVeering off topic
- excursusExtended tangential passage
parenthesis · detour · deviation · departure · divagation · meandering · rambling · interjection · anecdote · interpolation
footnotes
Marginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- glossShine or annotation
notations · addenda · appendix · postscript · cross-reference · bibliography · references · index · errata · textual
musings
Leisurely contemplative thoughts
- ruminationsExtended contemplative thoughts
- meditationsFocused contemplative practice
- contemplationsSustained thoughtful considerations
thoughts · ponderings · observations · afterthoughts · reveries · cogitations · asides · personal · introspective · philosophical
- annotationsfootnote, annotations, marginalia, endnote, footnotes
sidenotesmain point
Essential takeaway of something
essentials · main points · thesis · crux · core message