Associations to the word «Parenthetical»

Wiktionary

PARENTHETICAL, adjective. Using, containing, or within parentheses (like this)
PARENTHETICAL, adjective. That explains or qualifies something
PARENTHETICAL, adjective. That is incidental
PARENTHETICAL, noun. A word or phrase within parentheses

Dictionary definition

PARENTHETICAL, noun. An expression in parentheses; "his writing was full of parentheticals".
PARENTHETICAL, adjective. Qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; "parenthetical remarks".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates