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Definition of parenthetical in English: parentheticaladjective ˌpar(ə)nˈθɛtɪk(ə)lˌpɛrənˈθɛdək(ə)l Relating to or inserted as a parenthesis. Example sentencesExamples - It is better in the long run to create two URL patterns with no metacharacters than it is to create one with parenthetical clauses.
- Providing parenthetical information or explanatory footnotes on those not discussed in the introductions might have been more helpful than relegating the information to the index.
- He was becoming parenthetical: he felt like an eclipsed moon.
- The inclusion of a parenthetical clause, as in this case, would not normally alter the meaning of the provision into which it is inserted though what is required to satisfy it may well be different.
- For Avison, at this stage of her career and life, it appears only as a parenthetical insertion, a possibility.
Synonyms incidental, supplementary, by-the-way, by-the-by, in parentheses, parenthetic, in brackets explanatory, qualifying, inserted, interposed, extraneous
Derivativesadjective par(ə)nˈθɛtɪkˌpɛrənˈθɛdɪk Synonyms incidental, supplementary, by-the-way, by-the-by, in parentheses, in brackets
adverb par(ə)nˈθɛtɪk(ə)liˌpɛrənˈθɛdək(ə)li In restating his point ‘yet more clearly’, Aristotle notes parenthetically another important aspect of his theory of substance. Example sentencesExamples - In this collection of old, new, and revised essays, he mentions gender considerations or feminism and feminist scholarship only parenthetically and intermittently.
- The relative importance values are shown parenthetically in Table 4.
- As the 1904 first edition is rare and expensive, subsequent references, given parenthetically in the text, indicate chapter numbers and the pagination of the Signet Classic paperback edition which reprints an early edition.
- This was clearly not my primary concern and was mentioned only parenthetically in the last paragraph of my letter.
Synonyms incidentally, by the way, by the by(e), in passing, en passant, by way of explanation, in parenthesis informal BTW
OriginLate 18th century: from parenthesis, on the pattern of pairs such as synthesis, synthetic. Rhymesalphabetical, arithmetical, heretical, hypothetical, metathetical, metical, poetical, prophetical, reticle, synthetical, theoretical Definition of parenthetical in US English: parentheticaladjectiveˌpɛrənˈθɛdək(ə)lˌperənˈTHedək(ə)l Relating to or inserted as a parenthesis. ignore the parenthetical remarks that pockmark every page Example sentencesExamples - For Avison, at this stage of her career and life, it appears only as a parenthetical insertion, a possibility.
- It is better in the long run to create two URL patterns with no metacharacters than it is to create one with parenthetical clauses.
- He was becoming parenthetical: he felt like an eclipsed moon.
- The inclusion of a parenthetical clause, as in this case, would not normally alter the meaning of the provision into which it is inserted though what is required to satisfy it may well be different.
- Providing parenthetical information or explanatory footnotes on those not discussed in the introductions might have been more helpful than relegating the information to the index.
Synonyms incidental, supplementary, by-the-way, by-the-by, in parentheses, parenthetic, in brackets
OriginLate 18th century: from parenthesis, on the pattern of pairs such as synthesis, synthetic. |