parenthetical
parenthetical Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to, of the nature of, or inserted as a parenthesis or explanatory aside within a sentence or passage.
"The speaker paused to make a brief parenthetical remark before returning to the main topic of the lecture."
Enclosed within parentheses or round brackets in written or printed text.
"Academic style guides often require parenthetical citations at the end of a quoted sentence."
• noun
A word, phrase, or stage direction enclosed within parentheses, especially in a script or screenplay to indicate how a line should be delivered.
"The screenwriter removed several unnecessary parentheticals from the dialogue so the actors could interpret the scene naturally."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the early 17th century from the Greek root of 'parenthesis' (meaning 'a putting in beside', from para- 'beside', en- 'in', and tithenai 'to place') combined with the adjectival suffix -ical.