parenthetically

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parenthetically

  • /ˈpæɹənˌθɛtɪkli/

adverb more parenthetically · most parenthetically

  1. As an aside, incidentally. «Just as we passed that other lamp I was going to tell you a further thing, Sal, but now I am parenthetically continuing with a new thought and by the time we reach the next I’ll return to the original subject, agreed?»
  2. Using parentheses.

Similar: apropos, beside the point, btdubs, by the by, by the way, en passant, impertinently, in passing, incidentally, irrelevantly, parenthetically · Opposite: pertinently

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"parenthetically." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/parenthetically. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{parenthetically_2026,
  title = {parenthetically},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parenthetically},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}