Parenthetical [adjective]

Definition of Parenthetical:

incidental

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Sentence/Example of Parenthetical:

How are the parenthetical clauses in this selection kept in the back-ground?

How does the voice indicate that this phrase is parenthetical?

How does the reader give to these words the force of a parenthetical clause?

All brackets and parenthetical question marks are in the original.

Parenthetical—Incidental; not an essential part of a sentence or statement.

Page 286, a parenthetical statement begins but no ending was printed.

Parenthetical expressions may be set off by dashes (see p. 308).

Be careful of the case of who if a parenthetical sentence intervenes between it and its verb.

"Commonly called rullocks," put in Mr. Bouncer, as a parenthetical correction, or marginal note on Mr. Verdant Green's words.

These transitions also serve another purpose, namely, to indicate an interpolated or parenthetical idea.