parenthetical
Adjective:
- Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses: Used to describe a word, phrase, or remark that is added into a sentence as an explanation, comment, or afterthought, and is often set off by punctuation like commas, dashes, or parentheses.
Noun:
- An expression in parentheses: A word, phrase, or clause that is inserted into a sentence as a qualifying or explanatory comment and is marked off by punctuation (parentheses, commas, or dashes).
Adjective:
- The author made a parenthetical remark about the historical context.
- Her speech was clear, aside from a few parenthetical asides.
Noun:
- The sentence was cluttered with too many parentheticals.
- He added a parenthetical to clarify his earlier point.
"Parenthetical element": A grammatical term for any word, phrase, or clause that interrupts the flow of a sentence to add extra information and is usually set off by punctuation.
- The main clause, a parenthetical element, continued after the comma.
"Parenthetical citation": In academic writing, a citation placed within the text, typically in parentheses.
- The paper used parenthetical citations following the author-date style.
Parenthesis (n): 1. Either of the round brackets ( ) used to set off a parenthetical word or phrase. 2. A word, phrase, or clause inserted as an explanation or afterthought.
- The important dates were given in parentheses.
Parenthetically (adv): In a parenthetical manner; as an aside or additional comment.
- She added, parenthetically, that the results were preliminary.
- Adjective: Explanatory, qualifying, incidental, interposed, inserted.
- Noun: Aside, interpolation, digression, insertion.
In parenthesis: Used to introduce an additional, often less important, remark.
- He mentioned, in parenthesis, that the meeting was optional.
By way of parenthesis: Serving as or in the manner of a parenthesis.
- She added a comment by way of parenthesis.
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qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
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parenthetical remarks
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an expression in parentheses
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his writing was full of parentheticals
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