Done or obtained in an indirect or secondary way; not directly or through the main channel.
Compound of 'aside' (to the side, away) + 'hand' (way of doing something). This combines the sense of something being 'set aside' with the idea of handling or managing, suggesting indirect methods.
This delightful archaic phrase is almost Shakespearean—imagine saying 'I heard that asidehand' instead of 'I heard it secondhand'! Old English loved creating compound descriptors that painted vivid pictures of how information traveled through society.
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