PARENTHETIC


Meaning of PARENTHETIC in English

par ‧ en ‧ thet ‧ i ‧ cal /ˌpærənˈθetɪk ə l◂/ BrE AmE ( also par‧en‧thet‧ic /-ˈθetɪk◂/) adjective formal

said or written while you are talking or writing about something else in order to explain something or add information:

parenthetical references to his childhood

—parenthetically /-kli/ adverb

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.