Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a parenthesis; in the manner or form of a parenthesis; by way of parenthesis; as a parenthesis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb conjunctive, speech act As an
aside ,incidentally .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a parenthetical manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rubin parenthetically notes that the all-time low performing presidential candidate among Jews was George H.W. Bush in 1992.
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Indonesia, let me say parenthetically, is a striking and tragic example of one of the great lessons of history: Those who lead revolutions seldom are the men who can lead during the period of reconstruction.
Asia Today 1967
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(a) spera, parenthetically combines the Latin words for hope and hardship (spera, and aspera, respectively).
PopMatters 2009
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The narrator's espousing the point-of-view of the uncomprehending rabbits recalls parenthetically not only the tragedies of Communism but of the Fascism that existed before it.
Brad Schreiber: Highlights From the 2010 Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2010
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The narrator's espousing the point-of-view of the uncomprehending rabbits recalls parenthetically not only the tragedies of Communism but of the Fascism that existed before it.
Brad Schreiber: Highlights From the 2010 Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2010
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If we use the phraseparenthetically, that is, like Chaucer and the Yankees, we have it not from Chaucer, but from the Yankees, and with their, not his, exact shade of meaning.
Americanisms. 1908
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I make this remark "parenthetically" in my desire for trying to elucidate the causes which lie at the back of the
Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals Henny Kindermann
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This exit was parenthetically qualified by a reassurance: he "would still be available if Netanyahu were to change his mind."
David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012
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This exit was parenthetically qualified by a reassurance: he "would still be available if Netanyahu were to change his mind."
David Bromwich: Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran David Bromwich 2012
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Many of those specifics dealt with Couwenberg's penchant for exaggerating his military career and were parenthetically rebutted by Hanlon in the charge sheet.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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