Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
parenthetical .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis
- adjective Using or containing parentheses.
- adjective Added within parentheses to amplify or explain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or as if using
parentheses - adjective of speech That
digresses ;discursive orrambling
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
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Examples
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While analogical change within the numeral set is common and possible in general, it doesn't appear probable here when Starostin's typically "parenthetic" *ŋi̯u "3" has not been demonstrated with regular sound correspondences using a competently reconstructed phonology that doesn't violate phonemic markedness at every turn.
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In it the second Rhyming Doublet is divided by a kind of parenthetic Rhythmic Solitaire.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
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Every time I see an article about this heavily buzzed flick (or in this case NOT about ...), the author just HAS to drop a parenthetic snark to show everyone that he/she has an opinion.
TR2N Helmer Joseph Kosinski Directs Gears of War 2 | /Film 2008
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Now, onto your thoughts, (parenthetic asides are my own) ...
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It's both the parenthetic *d and the unexplained ablaut that really bugs me... a lot.
Something that bugs me about Indo-European's higher decads 2008
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The difference between a cat and a parenthetic phrase, a cat has claws at the end of its paws, the phrase has a pause at the end of the clause.
Beat 360° 10/28/08 2008
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It's both the parenthetic *d and the unexplained ablaut that really bugs me... a lot.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Bartle kept his eye on the moving figure till it passed into the darkness, while Vixen, in a state of divided affection, had twice run back to the house to bestow a parenthetic lick on her puppies.
Adam Bede 2004
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These, however, were but parenthetic memories, and the turn taken by his affair on the whole was positively that if his nerves were on the stretch it was because he missed violence.
The Ambassadors 2003
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In case it's unclear, the parenthetic is Kurtz speaking.
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