parenthetic — index incidental, nonessential Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
parenthetic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to or inserted as a parenthesis. DERIVATIVES parenthetical adjective parenthetically adverb … English terms dictionary
parenthetic — parentheticality parentheticalness, n. parenthetically, adv. /par euhn thet ik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks. 2. characterized by the use of parentheses. Also,… … Universalium
parenthetic — par•en•thet•ic [[t]ˌpær ənˈθɛt ɪk[/t]] also par en•thet′i•cal adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a parenthesis: parenthetic remarks[/ex] 2) using or placed within parentheses • Etymology: 1770–80; < Gk parénthet(os) interpolated… … From formal English to slang
parenthetic — /pærənˈθɛtɪk/ (say paruhn thetik) adjective 1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks. 2. characterised by the use of parentheses. Also, parenthetical. –parenthetically, adverb …
parenthetic — adjective see parenthesis … New Collegiate Dictionary
parenthetic — adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or as if using parentheses b) That digresses; discursive or rambling … Wiktionary
parenthetic — Synonyms and related words: accidental, adrift, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, broken, broken off, by the way, casual, chopped off, choppy, decousu, disconnected, discontinued, discontinuous, discrete, disjunctive,… … Moby Thesaurus
parenthetic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by or given to digression: digressive, discursive, excursive, parenthetical, rambling, tangential. See APPROACH … English dictionary for students
parenthetic — par·en·thet·ic || ‚pærÉ™n θetɪk(l) adj. enclosed in parentheses … English contemporary dictionary
