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parenthetical
adjective
(par-en-thet-i-cal)
qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses
Synonyms:
parenthetic
,
Examples:
Parenthetical remarks.
parenthetical
noun
(par-en-thet-i-cal)
an expression in parentheses
Synonyms:
parenthetical expression,
Examples:
His writing was full of parentheticals.
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