parenthetically
Americanadverb
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Grammar. as a qualification, explanation, or additional piece of information that interrupts a phrase or sentence; between parentheses, dashes, or commas.
Future citations of this work will be made parenthetically in the text.
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as an aside or digression; incidentally.
I only mention that notion parenthetically, so let’s not get into a heavy discussion of it.
The complaint was filed by a resident who, parenthetically, has since decided to run in the upcoming school board election.
Other Word Forms
- interparenthetically adverb
- unparenthetically adverb
Etymology
Origin of parenthetically
Example Sentences
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“I will tell you, parenthetically, I’m more excited about our next three years’ innovation than what we’ve done in our past three,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
Penny added, parenthetically, "Because apparently I was 5, not 47."
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024
And to be fair, the SEC's complaint, as I mentioned, cast FTX customers as victims, too, albeit parenthetically.
From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2022
And when a last-minute revelation is slipped in, almost parenthetically, about Alison’s past, you may feel that “Blue Ridge” hasn’t played fair with its audience.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019
The next May, the president of the society remarked parenthetically that the past year had not yielded any particularly noteworthy discoveries.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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