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aside

2 noun
     
aside2 [countable]
1APT words spoken by an actor to the people watching a play, that the other characters in the play do not hear
2 a remark made in a low voice that you only intend particular people to hear
3 a remark or story that is not part of the main subject of a speech:
I should add, as an aside, that the younger the child, the faster they learn.
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