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parenthetical

UK/ˈpæ.ɹən.θɛt.ɪkl̩/

parenthetical adjective: using, containing, or within parenthesis.

Adjective

parenthetical (not comparable)

  1. Using, containing, or within parenthesis.
    • You wrote "Bob (my best friend) works in finance", but I think you should rephrase that parenthetical part.
  2. Explaining or qualifying something.
  3. Incidental.

Noun

parenthetical (plural parentheticals)

  1. A word or phrase within parentheses.
  2. A descriptor or modifier enclosed within parentheses and put, indented, in a line of dialogue to describe how it should be acted or directed onscreen.

parenthetical meaning in Malayalam

parenthetical in Malayalam

supplementary, incidental, in brackets
ആനുഷംഗികമായ, യാദൃച്ഛികമായ, ഇടയ്ക്കുചേർത്ത, പ്രാസംഗികമായ, നിക്ഷിപ്തമായ, അനുബന്ധമായ

Synonyms of parenthetical

Forms of parenthetical

pluralparentheticals

Origin of parenthetical

From Medieval Latin parentheticus (from Late Latin parenthesis or Ancient Greek παρένθετος (parénthetos), + -icus) + -al. By surface analysis, par- + en- + thetical.

Words formed from parenthetical

Questions about parenthetical

What does parenthetical mean?
Parenthetical means using, containing, or within parenthesis.
What is parenthetical in Malayalam?
Parenthetical in Malayalam is ആനുഷംഗികമായ, യാദൃച്ഛികമായ, ഇടയ്ക്കുചേർത്ത. See Parenthetical meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is parenthetical?
Parenthetical can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce parenthetical?
Parenthetical is pronounced /ˈpæ.ɹən.θɛt.ɪkl̩/ (UK).

Words near parenthetical in the dictionary

  1. parenthesizes
  2. parenthesizing
  3. parenthesome
  4. parenthesomes
  5. parenthetic
  6. parenthetical
  7. parentheticalities
  8. parentheticality
  9. parenthetically
  10. parentheticalness
  11. parentheticals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parenthetical (page history and authors); parenthetical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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