not the main synonyms

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ancillary

accessory
accompanying
additional
adjuvant
appurtenant
attendant
attending
coincident
collateral
concomitant
contributory
incident
satellite

incidental

accidental
accompanying
adventitious
ancillary
attendant
by-the-way
casual
chance
circumstantial
coincidental
concomitant
concurrent
contingent

indirect

ambiguous
ancillary
circuitous
circular
circumlocutory
collateral
complicated
contingent
crooked
devious
discursive
duplicitous
erratic

lateral

crabwise
edgeways
flanking
oblique
side
side-by-side
sidelong
sideward
sidewise
skirting

lesser

a notch under
bottom
bush
bush-league
dinky
insignificant
less important
low
lower
minor
minor-league
nether
second-fiddle

marginal

bordering
insignificant
low
minimal
minor
negligible
on the edge
peripheral
rimming
small
verging

oblique

angled
askance
askew
aslant
asymmetrical
awry
bent
cater-cornered
crooked
diagonal
distorted
diverging
inclined

off-center

adrift
askew
astray
far-off
inaccurate
off the mark
off-course
off-target
stray

postern

aft
back end
backside
extremity
far end
hind
hindmost
hindpart
hindquarters
posterior
rear
reverse
stern

roundabout

ambiguous
circuitous
circular
circumlocutory
collateral
deviating
devious
discursive
evasive
meandering
oblique
obliquitous
periphrastic

secondary

accessory
alternate
auxiliary
backup
bush-league
collateral
consequential
contingent
dependent
dinky
extra
inconsiderable
inferior

sidelong

askew
disapprovingly
disdainfully
dubiously
obliquely
sideways
skeptically
suspiciously

sideward

crabwise
edgeways
flanking
oblique
side
side-by-side
sidelong
sidewise
skirting

sideways

alongside
aside
aslant
aslope
athwart
broadside
crabwise
edgeways
indirectly
laterally
obliquely
side by side
sidelong

sidewise

abreast
afar
alone
alongside
apart
away
beside
by oneself
down
in isolation
in reserve
near
nearby

skirting

bound
define
edge
flank
fringe
hem
lie along
lie alongside
margin
rim
surround
verge

subordinate

accessory
adjuvant
ancillary
auxiliary
baser
below par
collateral
contributory
dependent
inferior
insignificant
junior
low

subsidiary

accessory
adjuvant
aiding
ancillary
appurtenant
assistant
assisting
auxiliary
backup
branch
collateral
contributory
cooperative

superficial

apparent
casual
cosmetic
cursory
depthless
desultory
empty
evident
exterior
external
flash
flimsy
frivolous

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