Found 2 items, similar to parenthetical.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: parenthetical parenthetical adj 1: as if using parentheses; “a parenthetical style” [syn: parenthetic] 2: qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; “parenthetical remarks” [syn: parenthetic] parenthetical n : an expression in parentheses; “his writing was full of parentheticals” [syn: parenthetical expression]
English → English (gcide) Definition: parenthetical parenthetic \par`en*thet"ic\ (p[a^]r`[e^]n*th[e^]t"[i^]k), parenthetical \par`en*thet"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[e^]n*th[e^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. Gr. pare`nqetos.] 1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style. [WordNet sense 1] [1913 Webster] A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. --Hales. [1913 Webster] 2. Using or containing parentheses. [1913 Webster] 3. Added within parentheses to amplify or explain; as, parenthetical remarks. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]