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Definition of Parenthetical expression
1. Noun. An expression in parentheses. "His writing was full of parentheticals"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parenthetical Expression
Literary usage of Parenthetical expression
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)
"When one parenthetical expression is included within another, that which is lea*t
connected in construction should be set off by the marks of parenthesis, ..."
2. Proofreading and Punctuation by Adèle Millicent Smith (1920)
"If the parenthetical expression itself requires a point, it should be placed
before the last ... When one parenthetical expression occurs within another, ..."
3. Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric by Erle Elsworth Clippinger (1912)
"A parenthetical expression used as a part of a sentence should be set off by the
comma. A parenthetical expression in a sentence is a word or group of words ..."
4. Expressive English by James Champlin Fernald (1918)
"Omit, for the moment, the parenthetical expression, since a parenthesis does not
affect the construction of the rest of the sentence. ..."
5. A Practical Grammar of the English Language by Thomas Wadleigh Harvey (1878)
"A comma should precede each dash used to set off a parenthetical expression;
as, " The archetypes, the ideal forms of things without,—if not, ..."
6. Elements of Algebra by Daniel Harvey Hill (1857)
"Clear the parenthetical expression a'(1 + a'1)1 of its coefficient. ...
The denominator of the exponent of a parenthetical expression may be multiplied by ..."
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