Lexic.us

Definition of Parenthetical

1. Noun. An expression in parentheses. "His writing was full of parentheticals"

2. Adjective. Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses. "Parenthetical remarks"

Definition of Parenthetical

1. Adjective. using, containing, or within parentheses (like this) ¹

2. Adjective. that explains or qualifies something ¹

3. Adjective. that is incidental ¹

4. Noun. a word or phrase within parentheses ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parenthetical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parenthetical

parentheses parenthesis parenthesis-free notation parenthesise parenthesised parenthesises parenthesising parenthesization parenthesizations parenthesize

parenthesized parenthesizes parenthesizing parenthesome parenthetic parenthetical (current term) parenthetical expression parenthetically parentheticals parenthood

parenthoods parenting parentings parentism parentless parentlike parents parents-in-law pareo pareos

Literary usage of Parenthetical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges by John Seely Hart (1892)
"parenthetical expre* sions are sometimes included between two Dashes, ... If, when the parenthetical part is removed from a sentence like one of these, ..."

2. Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors by John Wilson (1871)
"parenthetical Phrases and Clauses. Expressions of a parenthetical or intermediate nature are separated from the context by commas. EXAMPLES. 1. ..."

3. The Elements of Rhetoric and Composition: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges by David Jayne Hill (1893)
"parenthetical Expressions.—Expressions used parenthetically should be ... Expressions are parenthetical, when they intervene between the related parts of a ..."

4. The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius by Marcus Aurelius, Meric Casaubon (1898)
"... peculiarities of punctuation have not been reproduced ; a parenthetical alternative has HOTV and then been ..."

5. A Practical English Grammar: For the Use of Schools and Private Students by Albert Newton Raub (1894)
"The following are among the expressions moet commonly used as parenthetical: as it were, in fact, . of course, as it happens, in reality, perhaps, ..."

6. Modern Punctuation: Its Utilities and Conventions by George Summey (1919)
"Preliminary, parenthetical, or "afterthought" matter which cannot be classed as adjectival or adverbial. Either division may contain matter which is thought ..."

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