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Parenthetical   Listen
adjective
parenthetical, parenthetic  adj.  
1.
Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style. "A parenthetical observation of Moses himself."
2.
Using or containing parentheses.
3.
Added within parentheses to amplify or explain; as, parenthetical remarks.





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"Parenthetical" Quotes from Famous Books



... details by parenthetic glances while he met Jacob's pressing solicitude about the knife. He had taken the pains to buy one with the requisites of the hook and white handle, and produced ...
— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot
... The parenthetic 'or should' is much in Walton's manner. 'Witness my mild pen, not used to upbraid the world,' is also a pleasant and accurate piece of self-criticism. 'I am his convert,' Walton exclaims. In a citation ...
— Andrew Lang's Introduction to The Compleat Angler • Andrew Lang
... into the scene which stands for the moment before the eye of the reader, and then turning the narrative backward several years in order to recount the past life of the newcomer. Frequently, before this parenthetic recital is completed, the reader has forgotten the scene from which the ...
— A Manual of the Art of Fiction • Clayton Hamilton


Words linked to "Parenthetical" :   parenthesis, incidental, parenthetic, parenthetical expression, incident, adjunct


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