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Adjective: parenthetical
  1. Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
    "parenthetical remarks"
    - parenthetic
Noun: parenthetical
  1. An expression in parentheses
    "his writing was full of parentheticals"
    - parenthetical expression

Derived forms: parentheticals

See also: incident, incidental, parenthesis, parenthetically

Type of: adjunct

Encyclopedia: Parenthetical

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parental quality
parentally
parented
parenteral
parenterally
parenthesis
parenthesise
parenthesis-free notation
parenthesize
parenthetic
parenthetical
parenthetical expression
parenthetically
parenthood
parentless
parer
paresis
paresthesia
paretic
Pareto
pareve